title: Incidence of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids and measures taken by health care workers before and after exposure in regional hospitals of a developing country: a multicenter study.
abstract: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 371 health care workers working in government hospitals in the Northern Khorasan province of Iran. Exposure to sharp objects was 44% and 31% of participants had a history of being in contact with blood or body fluids of patients. Among health care workers who had needlestick injuries, 82 had a positive hepatitis B surface antibody titer measured after injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Qaem Hospital, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabermoghaddam
authors.affiliation: Health Information Technology and Medical Records Department, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran; Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran.
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarbaz
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, I.R. Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lashkardoost
authors.affiliation: Imam Ali Hospital, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, I.R. Iran.
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaviani
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran; Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran; Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eslami
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnourd, I.R. Iran; Samen al a'eme Hospital, Social Security Organization, Bojnurd, I.R. Iran. Electronic address: rezazadeh.1988@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rezazadeh
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D006282:Health Personnel; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007492:Iran; D016602:Needlestick Injuries; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014894:Weights and Measures
keywords: Blood splatter; Needle stick injury; Sharp objects injury; Standard precautions