Occupational exposure among medical staff and control countermeasures

OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors for occupational exposure among medical staff and put forward prevention countermeasures so as to improve the occupational protection and reduce the risk for occupational exposure.METHODS The occupational exposures that occurred in 243medical staff from Jan 2010to Dec 2012 were investigated,then the occupation,exposure sources,exposure objects,causes of exposures,disposal,and follow-up were analyzed.RESULTS Among the 243medical staff with occupational exposure,the nurses accounted for 58.4%,the doctors 26.7%;the subjects with the occupational exposure to hepatitis B virus accounted for 50.2%;there were 199(81.9%)medical staff with needle stick injuries and 27(11.1%)medical staff with contact exposure;there were 73(30.0%)subjects with the exposure due to needle stick injuries during injection process,57(23.5%)subjects with needle stick injuries when dropping the sharp instruments or cleaning up the sharps box,46(18.9%)subjects with needle stick injuries during the surgical procedure,27(11.1%)subjects with ejection of body fluids or contamination and 20(8.2%)subjects with needle stick injuries when recapping the needles or withdrawing the needles.All the subjects with occupational exposures have received appropriate treatment,and the follow-up showed that none of the medical staff were infected due to the occupational exposure. CONCLUSIONThe awareness of protection of occupational exposure remains light among the medical staff,and it is crucial to intensify the training of medical staff for the knowledge of occupational exposure,implement the standard prevention measures,and standardize the operation procedures so as to reduce the incidence of occupational exposure.