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Epidemiology of Sharps Injury and Splash Exposure in an Oncology Care Center in Eastern India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Sanjay Bhattacharya ,
Suddhasatwya Chatterjee ,
Gaurav Goel ,
Aseem Mahajan ,
Venkata Raman Ramanan  and
Mammen Chandy
Sanjay Bhattacharya*
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Suddhasatwya Chatterjee
Affiliation:
General Medicine Department, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Gaurav Goel
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Aseem Mahajan
Affiliation:
Medical Administration Department, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Venkata Raman Ramanan
Affiliation:
Medical Administration Department, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Mammen Chandy
Affiliation:
Medical Administration Department, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
*
Consultant Microbiologist, Tata Medical Center, South Lab, 14 Major Arterial Road (E-W), New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata 700 156, India (drsanjay1970@hotmail.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1201 - 1203
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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