Prevention of occupational hazards.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 Prevention of occupational hazards [Abstract] hospitals are places where patients and is the relative concentration of potentially pathogenic microorganisms place of occupational hazards, and health care workers because of the nature of work, working conditions have exposure to biological, physical, chemical, psychosocial and other kinds of occupational risk, therefore, to enhance self-protection awareness of health care workers to prevent occupational risks. [Keywords:] occupational risks; protection Hospital staff easily understood by occupational exposure to hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), AIDS (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, etc., has been threatening the health of health care itself. Data reported in the United States, 1981-1993 discovery of the 30 million AIDS patients, 20 million deaths, of which 6% of health workers. in the infected health workers, nurses 63%, 14% physicians, laboratory technologists, 10%, blood transfusion workers 8%, indicating that the most damaging infected nurse. there are indications that China about 690 million people are infected or already infected with hepatitis B virus, of which 120 million human hepatitis B virus carriers, chronic hepatitis C is the most common blood-borne diseases disease, AIDS experts predict China could reach 1.5 million in 2010 to 1 000 million. Our medical staff faced with the threats and challenges of occupational infection. In order to maximize the protection of medical staff and patient safety, the medical profession of its common related factors of occupational hazards and protection to do a lot of research, are summarized as follows. Common risk factors 1 1.1 Nursing accidental injury sharp instruments used in the operation more like a knife, scissors, needles, hooks, passing frequent, easy to damage themselves or accidental injury to others. Survey found that: approximately 11.7% of the staff there are accidental needlestick injury surgery , knife