Hospital Safety Climate, Psychosocial Risk Factors and Needlestick Injuries in Japan
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Hospital safety climate, psychosocial risk factors and needlestick injuries in Japan.
To investigate the interactions between safety climate, psychosocial issues and Needlestick and Sharps Injuries (NSI), a cross-sectional study was undertaken among nurses at a university teaching hospital in Japan (89% response rate). NSI were correlated with various aspects of hospital safety climate including supporting one another at work, the protection of staff against blood-borne diseases...
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عنوان ژورنال: Industrial Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0019-8366,1880-8026
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.85