Use of Hub Cutters and the Volume of Sharp Waste and Occurrence of Needle-Stick Injuries during 2011 Mass Immunization Campaigns against Yellow Fever in Ghana: A Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Current WHO best infection control practices for injections do not address the use of hub cutters due to insufficient evidence on safety and efficacy. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the use of hub cutters on 1) the frequency of needle-stick injuries (NSIs) and other blood exposures a...

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Autores principales: Agbenu, E, Chartier, Y, Eleeza, J, Antwi-Agyei, KO, Diamenu, S, Ronveaux, O, Perea, W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shiraz: NIOC Health Organization 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7767589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24463796

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