Underreporting of occupational blood and body fluid exposure in French university hospitals in 2017.
Work
; 73(4): 1393-1403, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-36093658
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Occupational blood and body fluid exposures (OBBFEs) are one of the biological risks run by health professionals, especially in hospitals.OBJECTIVE:
The objectives of this study were to assess the occurrence and reporting of occupational blood and body fluid exposures (OBBFEs) in university hospital medical staff and to investigate factors associated to declared OBBFE and factors associated to reported OBBFE.METHODS:
A self-administered questionnaire has been e-mailed to all junior and senior medical staff in four university hospital centers in one administrative region of France in 2017.RESULTS:
292 of the 1,228 respondents declared at least one OBBFE. More than two-thirds (70.2%) were under-reporters and more than half (53.8%) non-reporters. Younger subjects, surgical specialties and other associated work accidents were risk factors for OBBFE. Considering the reporting procedure too complex was a risk factor for underreporting.CONCLUSIONS:
Underreporting by hospital medical staff was a persistent phenomenon, with a high rate. The OBBFE reporting procedure needs rethinking.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Líquidos Corporais
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Exposição Ocupacional
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Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Work
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França