Survey on occupational exposure among medical laboratorians
10.3969/j.issn.1671-9638.2017.01.021
- VernacularTitle:医学检验人员职业暴露调查
- Author:
Qiumei SHANG
;
Miaofang LI
;
Caixia XUE
;
Shiqing CHANG
- Keywords:
medical examination;
laboratorian;
occupational exposure;
occupational protection;
infection management
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
2017;16(1):87-88,93
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the occupational exposure among medical laboratorians in a hospital,and put forward prevention and control measures.Methods Occupational exposure among medical laboratorians in the department of laboratory medicine of a hospital from January 2011 to December 2014 were analyzed statistically.Results A total of 72 cases of occupational exposure occurred among 217 laboratorians during 4 years,occupational exposure rate was 33.18%,the occupational exposure rate in interns was 46.23%,and in laboratorians with working seniority< 1 years was 49.56%.Occupational exposure mainly occurred in outpatient blood collection room(accounting for 38.89 %),the main occupational exposure types were injuries by blood collection needles,skin contaminated by blood and body fluid(76.39 %).Occupational exposure rates in medical laboratorians in this hospital during 2011-2014 were 53.66%(22/41),41.67%(20/48),26.23%(16/61),and 20.90%(14/67),respectively,which presented a declining tendency(x2 =12.286,P<0.01).After occupational exposure,only 23 cases were reported according to the requirements of infection management department,the missing report rate was 68.06% (49/72),correct handling rate was 80.56% (58/72).Conclusion Laboratorians should strengthen education and training of healthcare-associated infection management,improve safety and prevention consciousness,standardize handling process,improve consciousness of reporting,so as to reduce the occurrence of occupational exposure and post exposure infection.