title: Occupational Risks of Health Professionals in Turkey as an Emerging Economy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health services are one of the work areas that contain important risks in terms of the occupational health and safety of the laborer. Professionals in various areas of health services encounter biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic, and psychosocial risks, particularly in hospitals.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study has been performed to evaluate the impacts of the occupational risks on health of health professionals in Turkey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Turkey, as an emerging economy, the history of studies on health professionals is not longstanding. There have been various regulations intended for the occupational health and safety of health professionals in line with the Regulation of the Provision on Patient and Staff Safety prepared in 2012. However, applications can differ from region to region, institution to institution, and person to person.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that this review will lead health professionals to be aware of occupational risks and contribute to planning health services for health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Zirve University Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep, Turkey. Electronic address: nulutasdemir@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nilgun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ulutasdemir
authors.affiliation: Expert OHS, Osmaniye, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cirpan
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru Ozturk
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Copur
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferdi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanir
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D057217:Economic Development; D006804:Ergonomics; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009622:Noise; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000191:economics; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Turkey; health professional; occupational health and safety; occupational risk