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[Transmission of an infection from health care workers to patients]
1Haute Autorité de santé, Saint-Denis, France.
Abstract:
Transmission of an infection from health care workers to patients. The transmission of a communicable disease from a HCW to one or more patients has been demonstrated for airborne transmission disease like flu or tuberculosis and also for blood borne infections like HIV, HBV and HCV through an accidental blood exposure. The risk is globally controlled by vaccination in HCWs for flu and HBV infections but also by PCI infections control procedures as standard precautions, air precautions, and rapid specific treatment among infected professionals. The occurrence of a case can be an indicator of a failure in quality in care. Occupational medicine in Health care settings is crucial in prevention of HCW infection to patient.
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