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Health-Care Workers’ Occupational Exposures To Body Fluids In 21 Countries In Africa: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Asa Auta, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, Amom Tor-Anyiin, David Aziz, Esther Ogbole, Brian O. Ogbonna, Davies Adeloye
Health-Care Workers’ Occupational Exposures To Body Fluids In 21 Countries In Africa: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Asa Auta, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, Amom Tor-Anyiin, David Aziz, Esther Ogbole, Brian O. Ogbonna, Davies Adeloye
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Objective
To estimate the lifetime and 12-month prevalence of occupational exposure to body fluids among health-care workers in Africa.
Methods
Embase®, PubMed® and CINAHL databases were systematically searched for studies published between January 2000 and August 2017 that reported the prevalence of occupational exposure to blood or other body fluids among health-care workers in Africa. The continent-wide prevalence of exposure was estimated using random-effects meta-analysis.
Findings
Of the 904 articles identified, 65 studies from 21 African countries were included. The estimated pooled lifetime and 12-month prevalence of occupational exposure to body fluids were 65.7% (95% confidence interval, CI: 59.7–71.6) and …