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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Main Authors: Matthew E Falagas, Ioannis Karydis, Ilektra Kostogiannou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000194