Healthcare Workers' Perceptions of Occupational Exposure

Healthcare workers' perceptions of occupational exposure.

Occupational Deaths among Healthcare Workers

Recent experiences with severe acute respiratory syndrome and the US smallpox vaccination program have demonstrated the vulnerability of healthcare workers to occupationally acquired infectious diseases. However, despite acknowledgment of risk, the occupational death rate for healthcare workers is unknown. In contrast, the death rate for other professions with occupational risk, such as police ...

Occupational exposure to HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis in healthcare workers.

Healthcare workers are at risk of occupationally acquired HIV infection primarily due to percutaneous exposure to HIV infected blood. The average risk of HIV transmission after such exposure is approximately 0.3%. There is evidence of higher risk for exposures involving an increased volume of blood (deep injury, injury with a device visibly contaminated with source patient's blood and a procedu...

Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers.

BACKGROUND Healthcare workers can suffer from occupational stress which may lead to serious mental and physical health problems. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of work and person-directed interventions in preventing stress at work in healthcare workers. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Depression Anxiety and Neurosis Group trials Specialised Register, MEDLINE, PsychInfo an...

SARS Risk Perceptions in Healthcare Workers, Japan

In coping with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), infection control measures are a key aspect of protecting healthcare workers. We conducted a survey concerning perception of risk and countermeasures for SARS in 7 tertiary hospitals in Japan from July through September 2003, immediately after the SARS epidemic in neighboring countries. Based on 7,282 respondents out of 9,978 questionnair...