A 19-Year Study of Dental Needlestick and Sharps Injuries in Japan

• Glavni autori: Yoko Iwamatsu-Kobayashi (Autor), Jun Watanabe (Autor), Taro Kusama (Autor), Hideaki Endo (Autor), Shinobu Ikeda (Autor), Koichi Tokuda (Autor), Kaoru Igarashi (Autor), Hiroshi Egusa (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) are serious problems for dental health care workers (DHCWs) because they are at risk for occupational blood-borne infections. In this study, risk factors for NSIs in DHCWs at Tohoku University Hospital (TUH) in Japan over 19 years were analysed. Met...