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Document ID (ISN)104871
CIS number 06-448
ISSN - Serial title 1861-6704 - Praktische Arbeitsmedizin
Year 2005
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Jarke J.
Title Occupational physicians and personnel with a chronic infection
Original title Betriebsärztinnen/-ärtze und chronisch infiziertes Personal [in German]
Bibliographic information July 2005, No.1, p. 9-15. Illus. 13 ref.
Internet access http://www.bsafb.de/fileadmin/downloads/pa_1_7_2005/pa_1_7_2005_chronisch_infiziertes_personal.pdf [in German]
Abstract Description of measures for preventing the transmission of pathogens by infected health care personnnel to patients and to other employees. The pathogens considered are hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV as well as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Precautions to be taken include continuous surveillance of infected personnel by an occupational physician, constant reminders of safety guidelines (use of protective gloves and appropriate containers for waste disposal) and notification of injuries to occupational physicians. Following an accident involving exposure to blood, a meeting should be held in the presence of the person concerned, the occupational physician, a virologist and representatives of the works council and the human resources department. The meeting should decide whether the person should continue his/her work or would benefit from transfer to other work. Among newly-infected people, the percentage who develop a chronic infection is from 5 to 10% for hepatitis B, 70% for hepatitis C and 100% for HIV.
Descriptors (primary) infectious diseases; health care personnel; infection control
Descriptors (secondary) staphylococcal infections; medical supervision; immunodeficiency syndrome; infectious hepatitis
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Viral diseases (other than aids)
Health care services
Bacterial and parasitic diseases