Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids among Healthcare Personnel
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Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among dental personnel in a Chinese dental hospital.
OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of occupational exposure (OE) occurring to dentists, dental nurses and senior dental students in a Chinese dental hospital and to assess associated factors with these exposures. METHODS Data were collected through anonymous questionnaires, which were distributed to dentists, nurses, and senior dental students. RESULTS All 205 dental personnel who volunt...
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occupational exposure to blood and body fluids is an important hazard for health care workers, which places them at a high risk for blood-borne infections including hepatitis b virus, hepatitis c virus and human immunodeficiency virus and results in psychological and emotional stresses. several preventive measures have been proposed including pre-exposure ( e.g. , education, use of standard pre...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Occupational exposures (OEs) to blood and body fluids (BBFs) pose significant risk of transmission of blood-borne infections (BBIs) to health care personnel (HCP) and are grossly underreported. We aimed to study the awareness of BBIs and their prevention, burden of OEs, assess factors contributing to them and their poor reporting and assess the practices for their prev...
متن کاملOccupational exposure to blood and body fluids.
Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids is an important hazard for health care workers, which places them at a high risk for blood-borne infections including hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus and results in psychological and emotional stresses. Several preventive measures have been proposed including pre-exposure (e.g., education, use of standard preca...
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conclusions the relatively high prevalence of percutaneous injuries and splashes in this study emphasized the importance of improved prevention strategies, better hospital surveillance for occupational exposure, and enhanced training of healthcare workers. background healthcare workers (hcws) regularly face the risk of exposure to sharp injuries and splashes as an occupational hazard, which pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Sciences and Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2394-9481,2394-949X
DOI: 10.46347/jmsh.2016.v02i02.003