Percutaneous exposure incidents of the health care personnel in a newly founded tertiary hospital: a prospective study.
<h4>Background</h4>Percutaneous exposure incidents (PEIs) and blood splashes on the skin of health care workers are a major concern, since they expose susceptible employees to the risk of infectious diseases. We undertook this study in order to estimate the overall incidence of such inju...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-02-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000194 |