Legal move to protect nurses ‘could be counterproductive’
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Legal move to protect nurses ‘could be counterproductive’

A proposed legal power to seek blood or saliva samples from anyone who bites or spits at a nurse ‘could make bad situations worse’.

Nursing Standard. 32, 10, 7-8. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.10.7.s3

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