Risk of Sharps Injuries to Home Care Nurses and Aides
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Risk of Sharps Injuries to Home Care Nurses and Aides: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
OBJECTIVE To evaluate all available literature and develop a pooled estimate of the risk of sharps injuries (SI) among home care (HC) nurses and aides. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted and relevant articles were reviewed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Primary outcome data from studies identified by the syst...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1076-2752
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001160