Cross-sectional survey on occupational needle stick injuries amongst prehospital emergency medical service personnel in Johannesburg

INTRODUCTION: Prehospital personnel are exposed to challenging situations that place them at increased risk of sustaining a needle stick injury (NSI). Blood borne infections such as HIV and Hepatitis B or C may be transmitted from a NSI. Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest number of people living wit...

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Autores principales: McDowall, Jared, Laher, Abdullah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2019
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Original article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6933218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2019.08.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6933218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2019.08.001

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