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Estimating the national cost burden of in-hospital needlestick injuries among healthcare workers in Japan

BACKGROUND: Needlestick injury (NSI) is one of the most burdensome professional hazards in any medical setting; it can lead to transmission of fatal infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus. In the United States, the annual cost burden was estimated as s...

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Autores principales: Kunishima, Hiroyuki, Yoshida, Emiko, Caputo, Joe, Mikamo, Hiroshige
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6837393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31697746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224142