conclusions this study confirmed a relatively high incidence of nssis among hcws. inadequate occupational health and safety measures such as lack of training on occupational health hazards and safety issues, absence of written protocols for reporting nssis, and lack of safety instructions were associated with nssis. effective training programs and raising the awareness of hcws to reduce unsafe ...

BACKGROUND The 2010 cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria affected over 40,000 people, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of ≥3.75%. We assessed the emergency response of health care workers (HCWs) involved in case management. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study with data collected through a self-administered questionnaire. Data entry and analysis were performed using Epi info software. RES...

background: occupational exposure to percutaneous injuries is a substantial source of infections with blood-borne pathogens among health-care workers. few studies evaluated injection safety practices in saudi arabia. objective: to examine the structure and process of injection safety at primary health care level in jazan health district, to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primar...

BACKGROUND Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) together with a safe sexual behaviour is an important preventive strategy in the control of HIV. Although Health care workers (HCWs) are critical in the response to HIV, little is known about VCT and high risk behaviours (HRB) among this group in West Africa. This study aims to assess the prevalence of VCT and HRB among HCWs in Burkina Faso. ...

People with HIV/HBsAg in India frequently encounter discrimination while seeking and receiving health care services. The knowledge and attitudes of health care workers (HCWs) influences the willingness and ability of people with HIV/HBsAg to access care, and the quality of the care they receive. The objective of this study was to asses HIV/HBsAg-related knowledge, attitudes and risk perception ...

BACKGROUND The study analyzes health care workers' (HCWs) occupational risk perception and compares exposure to occupational risk factors in Moroccan and French hospitals. METHOD Across nine public hospitals from three Moroccan regions (north, center and south), a 49 item French questionnaire, based on the Job Content Questionnaire, and 4 occupational risks subscales, was distributed to 4746 ...

To assess the annual risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers (HCWs), the incidence rate ratio for tuberculosis (TB) among HCWs worldwide, and the population-attributable fraction of TB to exposure of HCWs in their work settings, we reviewed the literature. Stratified pooled estimates for the LTBI rate for countries with low (<50 cases/100,000 population), interme...

results tst was positive in 198 (60.4%) health care workers out of 328. likelihood of positive tst among hcws increased in nurses (or = 4.617, 95% ci = 1.181-18.054, p = 0.028), increasing working experience (or = 1.178, 95% ci = 1.131 - 1.226, p < 0.001), and history of exposure to patients with tb (or = 9.035, 95% ci = 4.018 - 20.315, p < 0.001). age, gender and bcg vaccination scar were not ...

background: health care workers (hcws) are at the risk of the acquisition of occupational transmissible diseases. controversial results have been reported about hepatitis c virus (hcv). the main objective of the recent study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of hcv and its relationship to the occupational history and exposure of hcws in two teaching hospitals in tehran-iran. materials and meth...

SETTING Health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection. In China, surveys examining TB infection among HCWs have not studied general health care facilities, compared tuberculin tests conducted using local protocols against an internationally accepted test or characterised risk factors. OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence of and risk factors for TB infection ...