Devices for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries caused by needles in healthcare personnel

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Reddy, Viraj K ^a   Lavoie, Marie Claude ^b   Verbeek, Jos H ^a   Pahwa, Manisha ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHARPS DISPOSAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85036534806     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009740.pub3     Document Type: Review

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