[EPINETAC study]
Ma Jesús Hernández Navarrete1, José Luis Arribas Llorente, Antonio Misiego Peral
1Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet.
Abstract:
Daily, health professionals face biological risks, which have important repercussions for their own health, while performing their professional duties. A system which records data that quantifies and specifies the causes of work place accidents, the instruments most frequently involved in accidents, the professional categories having the greatest exposure, the tasks most at risk and the types of lesions is fundamental in order to grasp the true dimensions of these problems related to accidents and serum-borne disease transmission. Such a data base-could lead to the necessity, and highlight the importance, to increase preventive and protective measures for health personnel. To meet this objective, the EPINETAC project has been developed thanks to the information provided by 106 centers having various degrees of participation during the different years this study has taken.
