| Document ID (ISN) | 100502 |
| CIS number |
02-1939 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-9936 - Cahiers de médecine interprofessionnelle |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Alcouffe J., Boyer-Raby H., Chaudron B., Devaux M.J., Fabin C., Fau-Prudhomot P., Manillier P., Montéléon P.Y. |
| Title |
Accidents involving exposure to blood among private sector workers in Ile-de-France |
| Original title |
Accidents avec exposition au sang chez les salariés du secteur privé d'Ile-de-France [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
2002, Vol.42, No.2, p.207-218. 9 ref. |
| Abstract |
Three epidemiological surveys were carried out to study accidents involving exposure to blood (AEB) among private-sector employees in the region of Ile-de-France (Paris region, France): a survey conducted by occupational physicians through their practice, a survey in health care enterprises and a survey in enterprises considered to be risky (garbage collection, cleaning, housekeeping, security personnel, catering, etc.). Such accidents had a prevalence of 0.33% among all private-sector health care workers and of 0.075% for non-occupational factors. Victims of AEBs were predominately women (62%); the most affected age group was 35-44 (34%). Intervention in enterprises has created awareness for the AEB problem and has enabled the creation or reinforcement of procedures to be followed in the event of AEBs. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
biological hazards; blood |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
France; questionnaire survey; sex-linked differences; needle-stick injuries; age-linked differences; epidemiologic study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Biological hazards
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