Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens in Smaller Hospitals

Dental students and bloodborne pathogens: occupational exposures, knowledge, and attitudes.

Dental professionals may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens in their work, and dental students may be a particularly vulnerable group. Fear of exposure has also been linked to discriminatory practices. A cross-sectional survey of dental students was conducted at one U.S. dental school to assess their knowledge about the transmission of bloodborne pathogens and management of exposures; the frequ...

Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens in Sub-Saharan Africa Bibliography of Country-Specific & Regional Needlestick, Surveillance, and Exposure Risk Studies

Background: For many primary health care workers in developing countries, the limited availability and cost of public transport hinders timely access to occupational postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) at referral hospitals. Adapted PEP training and a starter's kit (for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and syphilis prophylaxis) could improve access. Methods: The evaluation method, ba...

Healthcare workers' occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens: a 5-year observation in selected hospitals of the Małopolska province.

OBJECTIVES The study presents data concerning occupational exposures among the staff of 5 hospitals in the Małopolska province in 2008-2012, taking into account the frequency and circumstances of exposure formation, occupational groups of hospital workers, as well as diversification of the reported rates in subsequent years between the hospitals and in each of them. An additional objective of t...

Occupational blood exposures in health care workers: incidence, characteristics, and transmission of bloodborne pathogens in South Korea

BACKGROUND Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for occupational blood exposures (OBEs) and transmission of bloodborne pathogens. This study elucidated the incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of OBEs among HCWs and investigated the pathogen transmission rate for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS Self-reporte...

Management of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.