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Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens in Smaller Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Noleen J. Bennett ,
Ann L. Bull ,
David R. Dunt ,
Lyle C. Gurrin ,
Philip L. Russo ,
Denis W. Spelman  and
Michael J. Richards
Noleen J. Bennett*
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Ann L. Bull
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
David R. Dunt
Affiliation:
School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Lyle C. Gurrin
Affiliation:
School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Philip L. Russo
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Denis W. Spelman
Affiliation:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Michael J. Richards
Affiliation:
Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System (VICNISS) Coordinating Centre, Melbourne, Australia
*
Senior Infection Control consultant, Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System Coordinating Centre, 10 Wreckyn St., North Melbourne 3061, VIC, Australia (Noleen.Bennett@mh.org.au)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 7 , July 2007 , pp. 896 - 898
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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