Incidence of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids and measures taken by health care workers before and after exposure in regional hospitals of a developing country: A multicenter study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1137-1138

  Sabermoghaddam, Mohsen ^a   Sarbaz, Masoumeh ^b   Lashkardoost, Hossein ^c   Kaviani, Amine ^c   Eslami, Saeid ^b,d,e   Rezazadeh, Javad ^c,f  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Social Security Organization   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood splatter; Needle stick injury; Sharp objects injury; Standard precautions

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

BODY FLUIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84942982166     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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