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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...
Autores principales: | McDowall, Jared, Laher, Abdullah E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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African Federation for Emergency Medicine
2019
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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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