Biological risk among hospital housekeepers

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 59-65

  Ream, Priscilla Santos Ferreira ^a   Tipple, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga ^a   Barros, Dayane Xavier ^a   Souza, Adenícia Custódia Silva ^a,b   Pereira, Milca Severino ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogens; hazardous waste; hospital housekeeping; needlestick injuries; occupational accident

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME FACTOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84947967250     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2014.927347     Document Type: Article

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