Occupational Risk of Blood-Borne Viruses in Healthcare Workers

occupational exposure to blood borne viruses among healthcare workers in a tertiary care referral hospital in tehran

Occupational Exposure to Blood Borne Viruses Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Referral Hospital in Tehran

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: It's important to know outcome of needle stick injury in health care facilities. This study will help to know policy regarding prevention of needle stick injury in health care setting. Copyright © 2013, Kowsar Corp.; Licensee Kowsar Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...

Adherence to an occupational blood borne pathogens exposure management program among healthcare workers and other groups at risk in Argentina.

We conducted a retrospective review of 130 occupational blood borne pathogens exposure (BBP-OE) records at Centro de Estudios Médicos e Investigaciones Clínicas, a university hospital with an ongoing educational program and a postexposure management program for healthcare workers (HCWs) since 1995, in order to evaluate adherence to a hospital BBP-OE management program. We compared HCWs from our...

Blood-borne viruses in health care workers: prevention and management.

Three pathogens account for most cases of occupationally acquired blood-borne infection: hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The highest proportion of occupational transmission is due to percutaneous injury (PI) via hollow-bore needles with vascular access. We briefly review prevention and management of blood-borne pathogens in health care wo...

Blood-borne infections in healthcare workers in South Africa.

The risks associated with infection of healthcare workers and students with blood-borne pathogens, specifically HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, are often neglected. South Africa (SA) currently has no official policies or guidelines in place for the prevention and management of these infections. This article reviews the available data and international guidelines with regard to inf...