Occupational exposure to body fluids among health care workers in Georgia
Author(s) -
Maia Butsashvili,
George Kamkamidze,
Maia Kajaia,
Dale L. Morse,
Wayne Triner,
Jack DeHovitz,
LouiseAnne McNutt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kqs121
Subject(s) - medicine , universal precautions , needlestick injury , hbsag , seroprevalence , health care , hepatitis b virus , transmission (telecommunications) , personal protective equipment , hepatitis b , hepatitis c , environmental health , occupational medicine , risk of infection , family medicine , accidental , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , occupational exposure , emergency medicine , immunology , virus , serology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , covid-19 , antibody , economic growth , acoustics , engineering , genetics , biology , physics , electrical engineering , economics
Health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of being infected with blood-borne pathogens.
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