Open AccessHospital nurses' occupational exposure to blood: prospective, retrospective, and institutional reports.
Author(s) -
Linda H. Aiken,
Douglas M. Sloane,
J L Klocinski
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.1.103
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , emergency medicine , incidence (geometry) , occupational safety and health , odds , occupational medicine , occupational exposure , nursing , surgery , logistic regression , physics , pathology , optics
This study examined nurses risk of exposure to blood resulting from injuries with needles and sharps, the methods of estimating those risks, and the factors affecting risks.