Epidemiology of sharp injuries - Prospective EPINet data from five tertiary care hospitals in India - Data for 144 cumulated months, 1.5 million inpatient days

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 121-126

  Chakravarthy, Murali ^a   Singh, Sanjeev ^c   Arora, Anita ^d   Sengupta, Sharmila ^e   Munshi, Nita ^f   Rangaswamy, Sukanya ^b   Kaur, Ravneet ^e   Arora, Sohini ^f   Pushparaj, Leema ^b   Joseph, Fini ^c   Nair, Anupama ^c   Mathew, Daisy ^d   Meritta, Zipporah ^b   Rajagopal, Janu ^c   Kumari, Neelakshi ^f   Kamble, Asmita ^f  

^a Fortis Hospitals   (India)

^b Fortis Hospitals   (India)

^c AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^e Fortis Hospitals   (India)

^f NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Indian hospitals; Needle stick; Safety products; Sharp injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SHARP INJURY; SHARPS DISPOSAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84964240646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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