Occupational blood and body fluid exposure in an Australian teaching hospital.

Abstract:

:To examine work-related blood and body fluid exposure (BBFE) among health-care workers (HCWs), to explore potential risk factors and to provide policy suggestions, a 6-year retrospective study of all reported BBFE among HCWs (1998-2003) was conducted in a 430-bed teaching hospital in Australia. Results showed that BBFE reporting was consistent throughout the study period, with medical staff experiencing the highest rate of sharps injury (10.4%). Hollow-bore needles were implicated in 51.7% of all percutaneous injuries. Most incidents occurred during sharps use (40.4%) or after use but before disposal (27.1%). Nursing staff experienced 68.5% of reported mucocutaneous exposure. Many such exposures occurred in the absence of any protective attire (61.1%). This study indicated that emphasis on work practice, attire, disposal systems and education strategies, as well as the use of safety sharps should be employed to reduce work-related injuries among HCWs in Australia.

journal_name

Epidemiol Infect

authors

Bi P,Tully PJ,Pearce S,Hiller JE

doi

10.1017/S0950268805005212

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-06-01 00:00:00

pages

465-71

issue

3

eissn

0950-2688

issn

1469-4409

pii

S0950268805005212

journal_volume

134

pub_type

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