Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Dicle Tıp Dergisi, cilt.46, sa.2, ss.355-360, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
Objective: Occupational exposures, can lead to decreased employee productivity, increased cost of health expensesand temporary or permanent suspension from working life. The most common cause of illness and death due tooccupational exposures are blood-borne infections. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the occupational exposuresamong residents in a tertiary hospital that provides health care in a region where the Crimean–Congo hemorrhagicfever disease is endemic.Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 18 questions distributed to the residents of internal, surgery and basic medicalsciences working at a tertiary hospital between February and March 2016. In the relevant departments, 330 residentswere reached and 210 of them answered the questionnaire.Results: In our study; 160(76.2%) of the residents reported occupational exposure in their working life and74(35.2%) of them had occupational exposure in the recent year. The incidence of occupational exposures in thecomparison of medical sciences was statistically higher in surgical sciences. Of the participants working in the surgicalsciences, 22(42.3%) residents stated that they received in-service training in the recent year on the prevention,treatment, and follow-up of occupational exposures. Among participants who had occupational exposure in recentyear, only 8(11.4%) residents declared that they have reported about their exposure.Conclusion: To prevent occupational exposures, it is required to make more effective interventions of protectionmeasures in the light of current information and assessment of post-exposure attitudes of residents. We hope that therisks that our study has identified may help to take necessary preventive measures.