Occupational Blood Exposures in Health Care Workers at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital: Incidence, Characteristics and Transmission of Blood Borne Pathogens

Occupational Blood Exposures in Health Care Workers at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital: Incidence, Characteristics and Transmission of Blood Borne Pathogens

Health care workers (HCW) are at risk of contracting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human immunodeficiency viruses through Occupational Blood Exposure (OBE). Information on the incidence rate, epidemiological characteristics and transmission rate are essential to formulate effective preventive meas...

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Main Authors: Anitha Deva, Prabhakar Kamarthi, Jebamani Hepzibai, Jyothi A.V., Beena Parvangada Madappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
Subjects:
needle stick injury
safe injection practices
health care workers
occupational blood exposures
Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/occupational-blood-exposures-in-health-care-workers-at-a-tertiary-teaching-hospital-incidence-characteristics-and-transmission-of-blood-borne-pathogens/

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