Reducing needlestick injuries through safety-engineered devices: Results of a Japanese multi-centre study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-153

  Fukuda, H ^a   Yamanaka, N ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitakyushu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

EPINet; Intravenous catheter stylets; Needlestick injury; Safety engineered device; Suture needles; Winged steel needles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER STYLET; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE NEEDLE; WINGED STEEL NEEDLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84958043111     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.019     Document Type: Article

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