Author/Editor		Lužnik-Bufon, Tatjana
Title		Incident - možnost parenteralnega prenosa okužb pri zdravstvenih delavcih
Translated title		Incident - risk of parenteral transmission of blood-borne infections to health care workers
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 40, št. Suppl 2
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 129-36
Language		slo
Abstract		Occupation-aquired infection can be a consequence of needlestick injures and other blood contacts in health care workers, caused by needles or sharp instruments or blood splashed on mucus membranes or skin. These incidents may cause a number of serious and potentially fatal infections with blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B and C virus or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By eliminating the unnecessary use of sharp instruments, using safety devices and promoting education and safe work practices for handling, these injures can be avoided. Although exposure prevention remains the best strategy for protecting HCWs from occupationally aquired infection, exposure reporting, evaluation, counseling and exposure assesment and emergency management have to be done.
Summary		Do okužbe na delovnem mestu lahko pride zaradi vboda in druge poškodbe zdravstvenih delavcev ob rokovanju z iglami in ostrimi predmeti, prav tako pa zaradi obrizganja sluznic in kože s krvjo. Incidenti lahko povzročijo hude okužbe z mikroorganizmi, ki se prenašajo s krvjo, kot so virus hepatitisa B in C ali virus človeške imunske pomanjkljivosti (HIV). Z izogibanjem nepotrebni uporabi ostrih predmetov, z uporabo varnih pripomočkov, poučevanjem in omogočanjem varnih delovnih pogojev se takim poškodbam lahko izognemo. Preventiva je najboljša strategija za zaščito zdravstvenih delavcev pred okužbo, pridobljeno na delovnem mestu. Vsak incident je treba prijaviti, ga proučiti, se posvetovati in izvesti pretin poekspozicijske ukrepe.
Descriptors		OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE HEALTH MANPOWER BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS NEEDLESTICK INJURIES HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN HIV INFECTIONS HEPATITIS B VACCINES DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL