INCIDENCE OF BIOLOGICAL FLUID-RELATED ACCIDENTS AMONG INTERNS OF A UNIVERSITY-HOSPITAL

Abstract

Background: The Hospital meant as a work environment differs from most of the work environments for the plurality of executed activities. One of the primary risks is the biological one for parenteral transmission diseases connected to occupational injuries during health-care activity. The exposure to biological risk is very common in health workers, and hepatitis B and C and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are the most frequent infectious diseases.