Injection Safety and Practices Following Needle Stick Injuries: An Occupational Risk to Health Care Providers in Gujarat

• Main Authors: Harsh D Shah (Author), Bonny H Shah (Author), Hiren R Solanki (Author), Vijay R Agarwal (Author), Priyank A Parmar (Author), Kiran M Narkhede (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: An occupational exposure to blood can result from percutaneous (needle stick or other sharps injury) and mucocutaneous injury (splash of blood or other body fluids into the eyes, nose or mouth), or blood contact with non-intact skin. Beside transmission of infectious diseases, it indirec...