B Elmiyeh, IS Whitaker, MJ James, CAA Chahal … - JR Soc Med, 2004 - jrsm.rsmjournals.com 279 individuals responded, of whom 38% had experienced at least one needle-stick
(mean 1.8) in the past year and 74% had sustained such an injury during their
careers (mean 3.0). Although 80% of respondents were aware that such ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
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ME van der Ende, RM Regez, G Schreij, J van … - International journal of STD & AIDS, 2002 - ijsa.rsmjournals.com The mean risk of acquiring HIV after an occupational exposure, injecting drug
use or sexual exposure varies from <0.1 to 3%. A high plasma HIV-RNA of the
source increases the risk of each of the exposures. Other factors, such as ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
R Foy, A Walker, G Penney - British Journal of Clinical Governance, 2001 - emeraldinsight.com Aims to provide a framework for identifying barriers to the implementation of a
clinical guideline by examining a clinical effectiveness programme and a review
of relevant literature. A total of 41 types of barrier were identified and ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
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J Shiao, L Guo, ML McLaws - American journal of infection control, 2002 - Elsevier Objectives: To estimate the number of health care workers (HCWs) in Taiwan at
risk annually for contracting hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV),
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DR Smith, M Mihashi, Y Adachi, Y Nakashima, … - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2006 - Elsevier The epidemiology of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) was investigated
among a complete cross-section of 1162 nurses from a large hospital in southern
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F Hofmann, N Kralj, M Beie - Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des …, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Healthcare workers (HCW) are at risk for infections with blood-borne pathogens -
especially hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human
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J JAGGER - Nursing 2009, 2002 - journals.lww.com EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) staff—especially nurses—are particu- larly
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catheter from human skin is related to its method of attachment. Specifically,
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