Sağlık Çalışanlarında Görülen Mesleki Bulaşıcı Hastalıklar

Sağlık personelinde mesleki maruziyet sonucu ortaya çıkan hastalıkların en önemlileri enfeksiyon hastalıklarıdır. Bulaşıcı tüm hastalıkların sağlık personeline geçebildiği ve ölüme kadar giden hastalık tablolarına neden olabildiği görülmektedir. Sağlık personelinde mesleki maruziyet sonrası görülen enfeksiyon hastalıklarının gün geçtikçe artmasına rağmen korunma ve kontrol faaliyetlerinin yıllar içerisinde değişmeden kaldığı ve geçerliliğini koruduğu görülmektedir. El yıkama, aşılama ve hastalık kaynaklarının uygun izolasyonu olarak özetlenebilecek bu temel uygulamaların aksatılmadan yürütülmesi için yöneticilerin ve sağlık personelinin daha çok özen göstermesi gerekmektedir.

Occupational Infectious Diseases among Healthcare Workers

The most important diseases among health care workers resulting from occupational exposure are infectious diseases. All of the communicable diseases could infect health care workers, and my cause diseases leading to death. Although the infectious diseases increase among health care workers, measures for control and prevention of these infections are the same for years. These measures may be summarized as handwashing, immunisation and appropriate isolation of infection sources, and using of these basic applications is the primary responsibility of managers and health care workers.

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