Safer injections, fewer infections : management of needles and sharps and occupational blood exposure in rural north Indian health settings / Michelle Anna Kermode
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004
This study investigated injection practices and occupational exposure to blood in rural north Indian health settings. The findings highlighted a range of practices potentially contributing to the transmission of hepatitis and HIV to both patients and staff in these settings. Interventions need to focus on the development of organisational structures to support and facilitate safer practices
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Submitted to the School of Health and Social Development of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University
