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Awareness About Sharps Disposal Leads to Significant Improvement in Healthcare Safety: an Audit of Compliance in the National Health Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Needle-stick injuries (NSIs) pose serious health risks and can transmit blood-borne diseases (BBDs), such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus from the patient to the staff member. The purpose of this study was evaluation of appropriate and safe disposal of sharp...

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Autores principales: Hussain, Asfa, Shah, Yusra, Raval, Pradyumna, Deroeck, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33163860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00624-2