Device-Specific Risk of Needlestick Injury in Italian Health Care Workers

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 607-610

  Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Carli, Gabriella ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Petrosillo, Nicola ^a   Arici, Claudio ^b   Bertucci, Roberto ^c   Bianciardi, Luca ^d   Bonazzi, Lucio ^e   Cestrone, Adriano ^f   Daglio, Marinella ^g   Desperati, Massimo ^f   Francesconi, Mauro ^h   Migliori, Massimo ⁱ   Monti, Anna ^j   Perna, Maria Carmela ^k   Pietrobon, Francesco ^l   Jagger, Janine ^m  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b Nuclear Medicine Service   (United States)

^c Ospedale Amedeo di Savoia ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Maggiore CA Pizzardi Bologna Arcispedale S Maria Nuova ^*  (United States)

^f Ospedale Civile ^*  (United States)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^h Ospedale S Sebastiano ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Arcispedale S Anna ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^l Ospedale CaFoncello ^*  (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84942476774     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520080049042     Document Type: Article

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