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. 2014 Jan;5(1):57-61.

Occupational blood exposure among health care personnel and hospital trainees

M Hajjaji Darouiche  1 , T Chaabouni, K Jmal Hammami, F Messadi Akrout, M Abdennadher, A Hammami, H Karray, M L Masmoudi
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Occupational blood exposure among health care personnel and hospital trainees

M Hajjaji Darouiche et al. Int J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jan.

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.

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