Occupational exposure to blood and compliance with standard precautions among health care workers in Beijing, China

Nana Liu; XY Sun; Lenneke Genugten; YH Shi; YL Wang; WY Niu; Jan hendrik Richardus

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.002

Occupational exposure to blood and compliance with standard precautions among health care workers in Beijing, China

Nana Liu, XY Sun, Lenneke Genugten, YH Shi, YL Wang, WY Niu, Jan hendrik Richardus

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Abstract

This cross-sectional survey assessed both risk and prevention of health care workers to bloodborne virus transmission in 2 hospitals in Beijing. The identified discrepancy between the high level of occupational blood exposure and suboptimal compliance with standard precautions underscores the urgent need for interventions to enhance occupational safety of health care workers in China. Copyright (C) 2014 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	E37-E38
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.002
Publication status	Published - 2014

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