Occupational Risk

Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Studied at Teaching Hospital

Published in Blood Weekly, August 31st, 2000

Researchers in the United States evaluated healthcare workers' (HCW) risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens at a community teaching hospital.

"Because occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens can lead to morbidity and occasional mortality, we studied 1) the prevalence of HCW exposure to bloodborne pathogens from patient sources, 2) HCW tolerance of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and 3) the occurrence of HCW seroconversion," reported Connie Steed and Margaret Baker, Greenville Memorial Medical Center, USA.

Steed and Baker presented data from their study at the Frontline Health-Care Workers Conference, Partnerships in Prevention, held August...

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