Healthcare personnel (HCP) face a wide range of occupational hazards, including needle-
stick injuries, back injuries, latex allergy, violence, and stress. In particular, occupational …

The healthcare industry employs over one million workers in Korea and encompasses a
usually broad spectrum of occupations and related exposures. There are so many biological …

Occupational infection is a human disease caused by work-associated exposure to
microbial agents through human and environmental contact. According to the literature …

Using the database of the Korea Labor Welfare Corporation (KLWC), which is the public
organization for workers' compensation in Korea, we analyzed the occupational infectious …

OBJECTIVES: This study was carried out to analyze the characteristics of occupational
diseases among health care workers in Korea. METHODS: Using the database of the Korea …

Occupational health management plays an important role in the prevention of provider‐to‐
patient transmission in healthcare workers infected with human immunodeficiency virus …

Background Few studies of occupational exposure (OE) to infectious risk among emergency
medical personnel (EMP) or their use of personal protective equipment (PPE) have been …

Korea has industrialized since the 1970s. Pneumoconiosis in coal miners was the most
common occupational disease in the 1970s to 1980s. With the industrialization, the use of …

Introduction Healthcare workers (HCW) are exposed to infectious agents. Disease
surveillance is therefore needed in order to foster prevention. Methods The data of the …

Background: The purpose of this study was to establish effective measures and preventive
managements to the cases of bloodborne exposures among the health care workers …