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Needlestick Injuries among Healthcare Workers of a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Noyal Mariya Joseph ,
Sujitha Elan ,
S. Vadivu  and
Reba Kanungo
Noyal Mariya Joseph*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry 605014, India
Sujitha Elan
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry 605014, India
S. Vadivu
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry 605014, India
Reba Kanungo
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry 605014, India
*
98, 8th Cross, Nanbargal Nagar, Oulgaret, Pondicherry 605010, India (noyaljoseph@yahoo.com)
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 103 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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