Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
The aim of the study was to evaluate HBV immunization status and anti-HBs titer among …

Background: Needle stick injury (NSI) became a major issue and most of the research
focuses on Nurses, Doctors and other health care workers, but at the same time nursing …

Background: Hepatitis B is a serious, global, public health problem that gives rise to
hepatocellular carcinoma/liver cancer with a mortality rate of about 600000 people …

Background Needle stick injuries are common health hazards among health care workers.
Considering the increasing prevalence of body fluid borne infectious diseases; knowledge …

This guideline is an update of the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guideline published by
the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society in 2008. It updates the recommendations on the …

Occupational exposure poses a significant risk of transmission of blood-borne pathogens to
healthcare workers (HCWs). Adherence to standard precautions, awareness about post …

Sağlık işletmeleri çalışan güvenliği bakımından birçok risk ve tehlikeyi barındıran
organizasyonlardır. Türkiye'de Sağlık Bakanlığı tarafından yayınlanan Sağlık Hizmet Kalite …

Aim We assessed the compliance at first level care facilities (FLCF) with universal
precautions (UP) and its behavioral predictors using Health Belief Model (HBM). Methods A …

The attitudes of health care professionals at medical centers in the State of Qatar toward
HIV/AIDS patients and the relation of those attitudes to emotional intelligence (EI) were the …

Aim: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the level of knowledge, public and individual
risk perception, and behavioral intention about HCV, among medical sciences students of …