Nurses occupational exposure to risk factors and protection measures.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Nurses occupational exposure to risk factors and protection measures [Keywords:] Risk factors for occupational exposure protection measures Occupational exposure is the medical staff in clinics, nursing and other accidents during work with pathogenic microorganisms by blood, body fluids contaminated skin or mucous membrane, or containing the disease by blood, body fluids, contaminated needles and other sharp objects pierce the skin, There may be infections. nurse is a special profession, in their daily work, clinical nurse every day contact with invasive treatment and care operations, is at high risk of occupational exposure. but nurses hazards of occupational exposure of lack of knowledge on the work exposure to a variety of sources of infection protection consciousness is not in place, so that the risk of occupational exposure significantly increased, threatening the physical and mental health nurses. Thus, occupational protection of nurses is particularly important. is retrospective analysis January 2007 -2009 nurses in our hospital in December and the corresponding occupational exposure protection measures. 1 General information and methods Survey Methods: A retrospective analysis in January 2007 -2009 on Dec. 47 patients in our hospital nurses occupational exposure. 2 Results Occupational exposure mainly: Emergency in 7 cases, 6 cases of out-patient wards in 22 cases (2 cases in which interns - sharp injuries occurred in 35 cases, 12 cases of contaminated blood spatter. 3 risk factors for occupational exposure of nurses Acupuncture needle stick injuries was 3.1 injuries by blood, body fluids the main way the disease. Domestic occupational injury rate was 80.6% acupuncture, 74.5% of which was contaminated needles are stabbed in nursing occupational injuries caused by needle stick injuries caused by blood derived the most serious risk of infection, the most common are hepatitis B, hepatitis C and AID