Needle stick injuries among nurses of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore: A KAP study
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Needle stick injuries among nurses of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore: A KAP study.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of needle-stick injuries in female nurses of a public and private hospital and compare the findings. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at one public and one private tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, from March to June 2015, and comprised female nurses who were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. A structured question...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.851