Occupational blood and body fluid exposure in an Australian teaching hospital
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Occupational blood and body fluid exposure in an Australian teaching hospital.
To examine work-related blood and body fluid exposure (BBFE) among health-care workers (HCWs), to explore potential risk factors and to provide policy suggestions, a 6-year retrospective study of all reported BBFE among HCWs (1998-2003) was conducted in a 430-bed teaching hospital in Australia. Results showed that BBFE reporting was consistent throughout the study period, with medical staff exp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268805005212