| Document ID (ISN) | 74590 |
| CIS number |
00-546 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0001-4575 - Accident Analysis and Prevention |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Guastello S.J., Gershon R.R.M., Murphy L.R. |
| Title |
Catastrophe model for the exposure to blood-borne pathogens and other accidents in health care settings |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1999, Vol.31, No.6, p.739-749. Illus. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
Workers at three hospitals were surveyed on HIV-relevant exposures (needlesticks, cuts, splashes, contact with open wounds), the accident rate for broadly-defined injuries, and several occupationally relevant themes. A cusp (cubic polynomial) model predicting HIV-relevant exposures was more accurate than a linear model containing the same variables. Some of the variables predisposed workers to greater differences in HIV-relevant and general accident exposures: shiftwork, climate, depressive symptoms and workpace. Other variables governed how close an individual was to a critical threshold where a harmful incident would take place: verbal abuse, professional group membership. Similarly, a cusp model for accident incidents predicted from HIV-relevant exposures and occupational variables was also more accurate than comparison models. Two variables predisposed the worker to a greater accident risk: depression symptoms and shift work. Four other variables predisposed the worker to lesser accident risk: job satisfaction, safety climate, environment stressors and workpace. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; blood; risk factors; biological hazards; health care personnel |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
speed of work; industrial relations; viruses; shift work; virus diseases; infectious hepatitis; social climate; immunodeficiency syndrome; limitation of exposure; hazard evaluation; questionnaire survey; health services; hospitals; stress factors; mathematical models; job dissatisfaction |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Health care services
Biological hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
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