Prevention of Needle-Stick Injuries in Healthcare Facilities: A Meta-Analysis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 823-829

  Tarigan, Lukman H ^a,b   Cifuentes, Manuel ^b   Quinn, Margaret ^b   Kriebel, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MIDWIFE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY ENGINEERED DEVICE; SHARPS INJURY; SKIN INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84965092933     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.50     Document Type: Article

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