Occupational health hazards among healthcare workers in Kampala, Uganda. <>stream To assess the occupational health hazards faced by healthcare workers and the mitigation measures.We conducted a cross-sectional study utilizing quantitative data collection methods among 200 respondents who worked in 8 major health facilities in Kampala.Overall, 50.0% of respondents reported experiencing an occupational health hazard. Epub 2016 Oct 7. endstream Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine Vol.07 No.04(2019), Article ID:96154,12 pages 10.4236/odem.2019.74013. doi: 10.1016/0196-6553(90)90231-g. Department of Occupational Safety and Health . Associated factors include not wearing all necessary protective equipment, working overtime, experiencing work related pressures, and working in multiple facilities. Healthcare workers provide patient care in environments that are considered to be one of the most unsafe occupational settings [ 1, 2 ]. 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Associated factors include not wearing all necessary protective equipment, working overtime, experiencing work related pressures, and working in multiple facilities. ... injuries by sharp instruments among health care workers; 4) introducing and … Biomed Res Int. [from abstract] 672 reads  |  endstream Reported incidences and factors associated with percutaneous injuries and splash exposures among healthcare workers in Kahama District, Tanzania. Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. <>>>/Contents 15 0 R/Parent 3 0 R>> �26S073QI�r � Cuts and wounds () Direct contact with contaminated specimens/biohazardous materials (.) Among those that experienced nonbiological hazards (Table 2), the majority experienced stress (21.5%), physical, psychological, sexual, and/or verbal abuse (10.5%), and musculoskeletal injuries (10.5%). �*T0T0 Bi������f����� � � Journal of environmental and public health. 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A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 172 health care … Safety Consultants in Uganda. endstream ResearchArticle Occupational Health Hazards among Healthcare Workers in Kampala, Uganda RawlanceNdejjo,1 GeofreyMusinguzi,1 XiaozhongYu,2 EstherBuregyeya,1 DavidMusoke,1 Jia … 13 0 obj 2020 Jul 9;15(7):e0235470. Interventions should be instituted to mitigate the hazards. Get the latest public health information from CDC: https://www.coronavirus.gov, Get the latest research information from NIH: https://www.nih.gov/coronavirus, Find NCBI SARS-CoV-2 literature, sequence, and clinical content: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sars-cov-2/. A structured questionnaire survey was conducted among 200 workers in five HCFs of Lahore, Pakistan. COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. ~�Q:��{4SP�m��˺O�j��[ܐJ\���?�ӌ]5�J��`Ds�aT? 1989;37(7):274–279. endobj Elbejjani M, Abed Al Ahad M, Simon M, Ausserhofer D, Dumit N, Abu-Saad Huijer H, Dhaini SR. 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