Evaluation of The Occupational Exposures Among Residents in a Tertiary Hospital

Year 2019, Volume: 46 Issue: 2, 355 - 360, 11.06.2019

Heval Can Bilek , Hakan Leblebicioğlu

https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.575016

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective: Occupational exposures, can lead to decreased employee productivity, increased cost of health expenses and temporary or permanent suspension from working life. The most common cause of illness and death due to occupational exposures are blood-borne infections. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the occupational exposures among residents in a tertiary hospital that provides health care in a region where the Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever disease is endemic. 

Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 18 questions distributed to the residents of internal, surgery and basic medical sciences working at a tertiary hospital between February and March 2016. In the relevant departments, 330 residents were reached and 210 of them answered the questionnaire. 

Results: In our study; 160(76.2%) of the residents reported occupational exposure in their working life and 74(35.2%) of them had occupational exposure in the recent year. The incidence of occupational exposures in the comparison of medical sciences was statistically higher in surgical sciences. Of the participants working in the surgical sciences, 22(42.3%) residents stated that they received in-service training in the recent year on the prevention, treatment, and follow-up of occupational exposures. Among participants who had occupational exposure in recent year, only 8(11.4%) residents declared that they have reported about their exposure. 

Conclusion: To prevent occupational exposures, it is required to make more effective interventions of protection measures in the light of current information and assessment of post-exposure attitudes of residents. We hope that the risks that our study has identified may help to take necessary preventive measures. 

Keywords

Resident, tertiary hospital

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