Effect of comprehensive interventions on protective behaviors of sanitary workers against occupational exposure in hospitals / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of comprehensive interventions on protective behaviors of sanitary workers against occupational exposure in hospitals. Methods Comprehensive interventions were done in 50 sanitary workers in our hospital during September 2013 to September 2014, with the intervention contents including establishment of sanitary workers management system, education training, on-the-spot inspection, signature of duty informs, planning of occupational exposure prevention flow chart. The intervention lasted 12 months. Then the score on occupational exposure prevention knowledge and behaviors, the qualification rate of all indexes and all occupational harms in pre-intervention and post-intervention were compared. Result The score on occupational exposure preventive knowledge after intervention was significantly higher than that before intervention , the qualification rate after intervention was higher than that before intervention and the incurrence of occupational harms was significantly lower than that before intervention (P < 0.01). Conclusion Multiple measures including education, supervision, inspection, duty informing and flow chats can strengthen the awareness of preventing occupational exposure and lower the incidence of occupational harms among the sanitary workers.