Prevention of occupational exposure to nurses in operating room of grass-roots hospitals

OBJECTIVE To investigate the factors for occupational exposure to the nurses in hospital operating room,and to adopt intervention measures to reduce the incidence of occupational exposure.METHODS The incidence of occupational exposure to nurses in operating room was analyzed by using questionnaire survey;Efforts was made to develop the training,lectures,establish the management regulations and institute the intervention measures,including the operation guide,to reduce the incidence of occupational exposure.RESULTS After the intervention measures adopted by the target population,the awareness rate of the knowledge about occupational exposure were that before: 36.8% ~ 89.5%,after: 88.2% ~ 100.0%.The annual rate of occupational exposure were before: 47.4%,after: 5.3%.The difference before and after the intervention was statistically significant(P0.05).CONCLUSION The prevalence of occupational exposure widely occurs to nurses in operating room,the intervention activities related to occupational exposure can be effective in reducing the incidence of occupational exposure.