Blood and body fluid exposure risks among health care workers: Results from the Duke Health and Safety Surveillance System

Background Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of exposures to human blood and body fluids (BBF). Needlestick injuries and splashes place HCWs at risk for numerous blood‐borne infections including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV). Utilizing a new compre...

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Published in:	American journal of industrial medicine Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 637 - 648
Main Authors:	Dement, John M., Epling, Carol, Østbye, Truls, Pompeii, Lisa A., Hunt, Debra L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.12.2004 Wiley-Liss
Subjects:	Adult Age Distribution Biological and medical sciences blood Blood-Borne Pathogens body fluids Body Fluids - microbiology Female health care workers Health participants Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data Health Surveys Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis C virus Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Incidence Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - statistics & numerical data Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis needle stick Needlestick Injuries - epidemiology Occupational Exposure - analysis Occupational Exposure - statistics & numerical data Occupational Health Probability Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk Assessment surveillance Surveys and Questionnaires United States North America America needle stick Sting Hepatic disease Risk Occupational exposure Epidemiology Blood Viral hepatitis B Work safety blood-borne pathogens health care workers surveillance Sanitary surveillance Biological contamination Viral hepatitis C Human Immunopathology Health staff Retroviridae AIDS body fluids Risk analysis Immune deficiency Lentivirus Infection Virus Viral disease Digestive diseases Human immunodeficiency virus Flaviviridae Hepatitis C virus Hepacivirus Occupational medicine
ISSN:	0271-3586, 1097-0274
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