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An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005
Includes abstract.
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2014
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| author | Maiphetlho, Lerato |
| author2 | Ehrlich, Rodney |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3422 An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 Maiphetlho, Lerato Ehrlich, Rodney Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-71). Blood-borne diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses have made health care institutions hazardous places of work. Health care workers (HCWs) and students are at risk of acquiring these infections and associated diseases in the workplace through needle-stick and splash exposures. Globally over the years, preventative measures such as universal precautions, safetey devices, Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV have been introduced so as to reduce the transmission of infection from patients to HCWs and students to prevent the associated diseases. Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH), a tertiary and teaching hospital, has these preventative measures in place. It also has a well-established staff health clinic which records all the reported needle-stick and splash exposures sustained by HCWs working there and by the students training there. The overall aim of this study was to analyse the data of the reported needle-stick and splash exposures among HCWs and students at GSH between 2001 and 2005. 2014-07-29T09:07:06Z 2014-07-29T09:07:06Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3422 eng application/pdf Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Maiphetlho, Lerato An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 |
| title_full | An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 |
| title_short | An analysis of needle-stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at Groote Schuur Hospital, 2001-2005 |
| title_sort | analysis of needle stick and splash exposures among health care workers and students at groote schuur hospital 2001 2005 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3422 |
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