Contact with hospital syringes containing body fluids: implications for medical waste management regulation Jeringas en contacto con sangre y fluidos corporales utilizadas en el hospital: implicaciones para el manejo de desechos hospitalarios

• Main Authors: Patricia Volkow (Author), Bénédicte Jacquemin (Author), Diana Vilar-Compte (Author), José Ramón Castillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine amount of syringes used in the hospital and extent of contact with blood and body fluids of these syringes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Syringe use was surveyed at a tertiary care center for one week; syringes were classified into the following four categories according to use: a)...