Characteristics of Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Occurring Inside or Outside Patient Rooms in Medical Institutions Participating in Japan-EPINet Surveillance: Fiscal 2013-2014-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Characteristics of Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Occurring Inside or Outside Patient Rooms in Medical Institutions Participating in Japan-EPINet Surveillance: Fiscal 2013-2014

Published:2017 Issue:1 Volume:32 Page:6-12
ISSN:1882-532X
Container-title:Japanese Journal of Infection Prevention and Control
language:en
Short-container-title:Nihon Kankyou Kansen Gakkaishi

Author:

WADA Koji¹,YOSHIKAWA Toru²,LEE Muneko³,MITSUDA Toshihiro⁴,KIDOUCHI Kiyoshi⁵,AMINAKA Mayumi⁶,KUROSU Hitomi⁷,MORISAWA Yuji⁸,MORIYA Kyoji⁹

Affiliation:

1. Bureau of International Health Cooperation National Center for Global Health and Medicine

2. Center for Research Promotion and International Affairs National Insitute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH)

3. The Research Group of Occupational Infection Control and Prevention

4. Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Yokohama City University Hospital

5. Gifu Prefectural Government, Tono Public Health Center

6. National College of Nursing

7. Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation, Ebara Hospital

8. Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Jichi Medical University Hospital

9. Department of Infection Prevention and Control, The University of Tokyo

Publisher

Japanese Society of Environmental Infections

Subject

Epidemiology

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsei/32/1/32_6/_pdf

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