Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Apr 2001
[Occupational exposures to blood-borne pathogens in health care workers].
To determine the rate of occupational exposures to blood-borne pathogens in different occupations of health care workers. To analyze the characteristics and outcome of the occupational exposure. ⋯ Although nurses are the health care workers with highest rates of occupational exposures, medical staffs are the most often occupationally exposed to a source infected patient. Universal barrier precautions are no appropriately used in most of the occupational accidents, specially in those involving mucosal exposures.