Nosocomial influenza poses a threat for specific groups of patients and is associated not only with the disruption of health-care services but also excess costs. Although vaccination of health-care workers (HCWs) has been recommended for almost three decades and constitutes the most convenient and effective means to prevent nosocomial transmission, vaccine uptake within this group remains unacc...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 15 June 2009 190 12 696-698 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2009 www.mja.com.au For Debate tions and individual health care workers (HCWs). HAIs are, broadly, infections that result directly with the health care system. They are often caused resistant bacteria or by viruses transmitted, directly from other pati nts on the hands of HCWs. In 2002 ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Although the rate of tuberculosis (TB) cases has fallen in the United States over the past two decades,1 continuing importation and transmission combined with the global emergence of drug-resistant strains present an ongoing occupational risk for health care workers (HCWs). To reduce this risk, health care facilities need to implement multiple steps. These steps should include...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess the compliance of health care workers (HCWs) employed in Hajj in receiving the meningococcal, influenza, and hepatitis B vaccines. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of doctors and nurses working in all Mena and Arafat hospitals and primary health care centers who attended Hajj-medicine training programs immediately before the beginning of Ha...

Recent WHO/ILO/UNAIDS guidelines recommend priority access to HIV services for health care workers (HCWs), in order to retain and support HCWs, especially those at risk of occupationally acquired tuberculosis (TB). The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to uptake of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services for HCWs receiving HCT within occupational health units (OHUs). Questions w...

OBJECTIVES To assess the knowledge of recommended urinary catheter care practices among nursing home (NH) healthcare workers (HCWs) in southeast Michigan. DESIGN Self-administered survey. SETTING Seven NHs in southeast Michigan. PARTICIPANTS HCWs. MEASUREMENTS The survey included questions about respondent characteristics and knowledge about indications, care, and personal hygiene perta...

Health care workers (HCWs) are frequently exposed to different biological agents during their activities and are frequently monitored. Among these infectious agents, human hepatitis C (HCV) can infect HCWs. In this review article, the risk of HCV infection among HCWs is discussed along with extrahepatic HCV-related malignancies, such as non‑Hodgkin lymphoma. Accidental contamination, represente...

objective one of the prominent microorganisms in several reports of nosocomial infections is staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) which is carried by several health care workers (hcw) many times throughout the day. the present investigation was conducted to assess the nasal and hand carriage rate of s. aureus amongst medical personnel of loghman hakim hospital's toxicological intensive care unit (...

Background.  We assessed healthcare workers' (HCWs) attitudes toward care of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD). Methods.  We provided a self-administered questionnaire-based cross-sectional study of HCWs at 2 urban hospitals. Results.  Of 428 HCWs surveyed, 25.1% believed it was ethical to refuse care to patients with EVD; 25.9% were unwilling to provide care to them. In a multivariate an...