[Biological risk for health care workers: updates and good medical practices from a multicentre study: foreword].
The topic of health and safety of health care workers exposed to biological agents appears as a relevant issue for the occupational physician, within a multidisciplinary context, while taking into account technical and scientific evolution, ethics, and principles of Occupational Health, current legislation. Through description of methods and results of a large multicentre study, good medical practices are proposed within the various areas of competence in occupational health, in particular for a few priority topics, such as blood borne or airborne diseases, fitness for work and danger to third parties, epidemiologic, clinical and medico-legal aspects.
Coordinatore del gruppo di lavoro sul rischio biologico - Sezione Tematica di Medicina Preventiva dei Lavoratori della Sanità, SIMLII, Universitá di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. porru@med.unibs.it
Stefano
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Porru
D001688:Biological Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
D001688:Biological Products