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Accidental exposures to blood and body fluids among health care workers in a Referral Hospital of Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Accidental exposure to blood and body fluids is a public health concern, especially among health workers and constitutes a risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses including HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and th...

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Autores principales:	Nouetchognou, Julienne Stéphanie, Ateudjieu, Jérôme, Jemea, Bonaventure, Mbanya, Dora
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753641/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26879949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1923-8

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