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Occupational blood and body fluid exposure among emergency medical service providers in the eThekwini metropole of South Africa

INTRODUCTION: Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers in South Africa are among health care workers (HCW) most at risk of contracting infectious diseases due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids (BBF). While the austere, dynamic, and challenging nature of the prehospital environment a...

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Autores principales: Chetty, Melvin, Govender, Kevin.P., Sobuwa, Simpiwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2022.01.001