Midwives occupational risk factors and preventive measures.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Midwives occupational risk factors and preventive measures [Abstract] Hospital is a potential occupational hazards in the workplace, facing the risk of nosocomial infections and other professional. Midwife because of the nature of the special nature of the work environment, frequent exposure to blood, amniotic fluid, secretion, and a variety of risk factors for sharps injury among high risk occupational exposure is. Based on the analysis of occupational risk factors midwives, and put forward protection measures to minimize risk factors for occupational hazards. [Keywords:] Midwives Occupational Exposure Protection China is a country of high incidence of hepatitis B, hepatitis B infection rate as high as 60% of the total [1], the AIDS epidemic in China has entered a rapid growth phase [2]. With a variety of blood-borne transmitted diseases increase, threatening medical staff of the potential health factors are also increasing. midwives face the severe risk of occupational exposure, in particular, observe the midwife in the birth process, rectal examination, the patient, delivery, perineal sutures, artificial rupture of membranes, genital skin preparation, neonatal resuscitation and other operations more likely to be blood, body fluids by needlestick injuries pollution and thereby increasing the chance of infection. So, pay attention to occupational exposure of midwives to strengthen the midwife of blood-borne spread of the disease of self-protection, will be reduced to a variety of hazards minimum, protect the physical and mental health midwives. An occupational risk factors of midwives 1,1-midwives in their daily work of biological factors inevitably come into contact with blood, amniotic fluid, lochia or other secretions. Information ward nurses 85.7% were amniotic fluid, blood, secretions contaminated, while the maternity ward midwives 100% contaminated. contaminated only 52% of nurses and midwives to take the standard ap