1. Occupational Blood Exposure among Health Care Personnel and Hospital Trainees.
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Darouiche, M Hajjaji, Chaabouni, T, Hammami, K Jmal, Akrout, F Messadi, Abdennadher, M, Hammami, A., Karray, H, and Masmoudi, ML
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ACADEMIC medical centers ,BLOODBORNE infections ,HOSPITALS ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL personnel ,PATHOGENIC microorganisms ,OCCUPATIONAL hazards ,ENVIRONMENTAL exposure ,CROSS-sectional method ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Blood and body fluid Exposure is a major occupational safety problems for health care workers. Therefor We conducted a descriptive and retrospective study to identify the characteristics of blood exposure accidents in health care settings which lasted five years (2005-2009) at the two university hospitals of Sfax. We have 593 blood exposure accidents in health care settings 152 (25.6%) health personnel and 441 (74.4%) trainees' doctors, nurses and health technicians. The mechanism of blood and body fluid exposure was accidental needle-stick injury in 78.9% of health staff, and 81% of trainees, accidental cut in 14.7% of health workers and 10.2% of trainees. The increasing severity of blood exposure accidents is linked to the lack of safe behavior against this risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014