Open AccessInjures as exposure events in providing medical services by nursing staff
Author(s) -
Anna Jończyk,
Anna Szczypta,
Katarzyna Talaga-Ćwiertnia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
przegląd epidemiologiczny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2545-1898
pISSN - 0033-2100
DOI - 10.32394/pe.72.3.13
Subject(s) - seniority , medicine , incidence (geometry) , occupational safety and health , family medicine , occupational injury , occupational exposure , occupational medicine , nursing staff , health care , medical emergency , injury prevention , emergency medicine , nursing , poison control , physics , optics , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Among medical staff, nurses are particularly vulnerable to occupational exposure since they provide direct patient care and perform medical activities which often involve using sharps.