Open AccessAwareness of blood-borne infections and burden of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids among health care personnel in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Swetharani,
KV Vinod,
Abdoul Hamide,
Tarun Kumar Dutta,
K T Harichandrakumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.203140
Subject(s) - medicine , universal precautions , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , post exposure prophylaxis , occupational exposure , hepatitis b , health care , transmission (telecommunications) , family medicine , environmental health , emergency medicine , engineering , electrical engineering , economics , economic growth
Occupational exposures (OEs) to blood and body fluids (BBFs) pose significant risk of transmission of blood-borne infections (BBIs) to health care personnel (HCP) and are grossly underreported. We aimed to study the awareness of BBIs and their prevention, burden of OEs, assess factors contributing to them and their poor reporting and assess the practices for their prevention among HCP.