Open AccessOccupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in a teaching hospital in Mumbai, India
Author(s) -
Samir A Singru,
Amitav Banerjee
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.39239
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , occupational exposure , teaching hospital , health care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , emergency medicine , family medicine , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
Exposure to blood and body fluids is one of the hidden hazards faced by health care workers (HCWs). The objective of the present study was to estimate the incidence of such exposure in a teaching hospital.