Contact with hospital syringes containing body fluids: implications for medical waste management regulation
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)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Salud Pública de México |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342003000200009 |