XXXX : awareness of management of occupational exposure in health care workers.

@entity1 @entity2949 @entity1956 @entity283 @entity645
BACKGROUND: There is need for safe working environment in both government and private hospitals for the safety of @entity283 ( @entity283 ). The present study was conducted to know the present knowledge regarding occupational exposure to @entity645 amongst doctors in non-governmental hospitals and clinics across Delhi. METHODS: Seventy doctors from different medical and surgical specialties in various non-government hospitals/nursing homes in Delhi were given a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: Majority of them have suffered @entity2949 . Many had also experienced splash over face, eyes. Some @entity1 were still recapping needles most of times. 85.7% of @entity1 were fully vaccinated for @entity1956 . 44.2% didn't know if they were responders to @entity1956 vaccine or not. Most of them didn't report the @entity2949 . In majorities of incidents source @entity1 was not tested for blood born infections. Many of @entity1 were not aware of post exposure prophylactic measures to be taken if there is an occupational exposure to the blood of @entity645 positive @entity1 . Awareness that drugs for postexposure prophylaxis are to be started immediately was low (36%). CONCLUSIONS: The study highlights the low awareness of postexposure prophylaxis measures amongst @entity283 . Many @entity283 were also not aware if they were responders to @entity1956 vaccine or not. Most of the @entity2949 were neither reported nor investigated.
