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Occupational Exposure To Blood And Bodily Fluids Among Health Care Workers In A Medical Teaching Hospital, R. A. Alhazmi, Sarah J. Surber
Occupational Exposure To Blood And Bodily Fluids Among Health Care Workers In A Medical Teaching Hospital, R. A. Alhazmi, Sarah J. Surber
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The objective of this study was to evaluate blood and bodily fluids exposure through needlestick injuries (NSI) and non-percutaneous incidents among healthcare workers (HCWs). This project utilized a dataset collected from J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, between January 1, 2014 and August 15, 2017. Data included de-identified codes of employees, occupations, types of exposure to bloodborne pathogens, routes of exposure, infectious disease exposures, and time incidents. During this time period, 655 incident reports were documented and finalized in regards to blood or body fluid exposure. HCWs had 506 (77.25%) NSIs and 149 (22.74%) non-percutaneous incidents. The …