Survey and Protection of Occupational Risks among Cleaner Employee in Grass-roots Hospitals / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To reinforce the management of occupational risks among cleaner employec to lower the occurrence of job related exposure.METHODS Set up a survey to estimate the level of the awareness and knowledge among the cleaner employec about job related exposure and protective procedures in the three medical facilities of Yueqing City.RESULTS From 183 cleaner employec,sharp object cuts accounted for 89.6% per year;45.4% of them only had elementary education or less;39.3% of them wore protective gloves voluntarily during daily work.No one followed the hand hygeine procedures.It showed that the contracted cleaning workers had a huge potential occupational risks.CONCLUSIONS Cleaner employec are the weaker point of occupational exposure protection in the hospitals.Enforceing the mandatory immunization and monitoring their occupational risks and exposures can prevent incidence.