Factors associated with occupational needle stick and sharps injuries among hospital healthcare workers in bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Bekele, Tolesa ^a   Gebremariam, Alem ^b   Kaso, Muhammedawel ^a   Ahmed, Kemal ^a  

^a MADDA WALABU UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADIGRAT UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHRAP INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; HOSPITAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

EID: 84948973404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140382     Document Type: Article

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