How Much do Needlestick Injuries Cost? A Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluations of Needlestick and Sharps Injuries among Healthcare Personnel

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 635-646

  Mannocci, Alice ^a   De Carli, Gabriella ^b   Di Bari, Virginia ^b   Saulle, Rosella ^a   Unim, Brigid ^a   Nicolotti, Nicola ^b   Carbonari, Lorenzo ^c   Puro, Vincenzo ^b   La Torre, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; TENOFOVIR;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG COST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; ECONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

EID: 84969921099     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.48     Document Type: Article

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