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Sharp-Device Injuries and Perceived Risk of Infection With Bloodborne Pathogens Among Healthcare Workers in Rural Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nkuchia M. M'ikanatha ,
Stanley G. Imunya ,
David N. Fisman  and
Kathleen G. Julian
Nkuchia M. M'ikanatha*
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stanley G. Imunya
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health, Maua Methodist Hospital, Kenya
David N. Fisman
Affiliation:
Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Kathleen G. Julian
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17108 (nmikanatha@state.pa.us)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 761 - 763
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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