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Chapter 57 - Occupational Health

from Section 5 - Patient Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

Tim Wreghitt  and
Goura Kudesia
Tim Wreghitt
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Goura Kudesia
Affiliation:
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
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This chapter deals with Occupational Health and how to protect healthcare workers from acquiring infections (e.g. HAV, HBV, HIV, HCV, VZV, influenza, Covid-19, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, TB, diphtheria, meningococcal infection and tetanus) while at work. It describes how healthcare workers can be protected by providing pre-exposure vaccinations and post-exposure treatments, as well as discussing responses to outbreaks and routes of infection.

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OccupationalhealthprotectioninfectionemploymentvaccinationHAVHBVHIVHCVVZVinfluenzaCovid-19measlesmumpsrubellapolioTBdiphtheriameningococcitetanusneedlestickssharpsblood-borneBBVARTantiviralsPEPpost-exposureexposure-proneHCWsoutbreak-control
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Clinical and Diagnostic Virology , pp. 286 - 291
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Occupational Health
  • Tim Wreghitt, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Goura Kudesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Book: Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009334389.059
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  • Occupational Health
  • Tim Wreghitt, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Goura Kudesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Book: Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009334389.059
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  • Occupational Health
  • Tim Wreghitt, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Goura Kudesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Book: Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009334389.059
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