Rakickiene J, Barkovska T, Caplinskas S; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 2002 Jul 7-12; 14: abstract no. TuPeD4935.
Lithuanian AIDS Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
OBJECTIVE. To assess possibility of medical workers in Lithuania to acquire HIV basing on frequency and character of occupational injuries. Medical workers involved into invasive procedures were targeted. METHODS. Possibility to acquire HIV stays in close connection with occupational traumas. Anonymous survey and interview with medical workers were used to analyze the frequency and character of occupational traumas. The first survey took place in 1996 according to original anonymous questionnaire. The survey was repeated in 1999 by using the same questionnaire. Medical workers who suffered any injuries at work were questioned: 378 in 1996 and 295 in 1999. RESULTS. 56 percent of respondents have got injured once per week. Nurses reported to have any trauma 2.5 times more frequent as doctors. In 1999 the number of injuries in nurses has decreased 2 times. However, the number of injuries in doctors has only slightly decreased and made 26 percent. 83 percent of injuries were punctures with injection equipment; in 79 percent of cases a reason of trauma was poor attention and hurry of medical workers. 21 percent of respondents thought that injuries incidence rate may be reduced in 75 percent. CONCLUSION. The main task of prevention of occupational infection with HIV is reduction of possibility to get injured at work.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Data Collection
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Incidence
- Lithuania
- Occupational Diseases
- Physicians
- Questionnaires
- injuries
- manpower
Other ID:
UI: 102256862
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