Infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure: A systematic review of the literature

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Haagsma, Juanita A ^a,b   Tariq, Luqman ^a   Heederik, Dick J ^c   Havelaar, Arie H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS E; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MONKEYPOX; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXOCARIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TULAREMIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855701380     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100068     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Hamalainen P, Takala J, Saarela KL. Global estimates of fatal work-related diseases. Am J Ind Med 2007;50:28-41. (Pubitemid 46025598)
2. Driscoll T, Takala J, Steenland K, et al. Review of estimates of the global burden of injury and illness due to occupational exposures. Am J Ind Med 2005;48:491-502. (Pubitemid 41746866)
3. Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 1997;349:1436-42. (Pubitemid 27212192)
4. Nurminen M, Karjalainen A. Epidemiologic estimate of the proportion of fatalities related to occupational factors in Finland. Scand J Work Environ Health 2001;27:161-213. (Pubitemid 32594749)
5. van Wijk PT, Schneeberger PM, Heimeriks K, et al. Occupational blood exposure accidents in the Netherlands. Eur J Public Health 2010;20:281-7.
6. Turner S, Lines S, Chen Y, et al. Work-related infectious disease reported to the Occupational Disease Intelligence Network and The Health and Occupation Reporting network in the UK (2000-2003). Occup Med (Lond) 2005;55:275-81. (Pubitemid 41444318)
7. Anon. Work-Related Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Australia. Canberra: Australian Safety and Compensation Council, 2006.
8. Waddell L, Rajic A, Sargeant J, et al. The methodological soundness of literature reviews addressing three potential zoonotic public health issues. Zoonoses Public Health 2009;56:477-89.
9. Anon. Topley and Wilson's Principles of Bacteriology, Virology and Immunity on CD-ROM. London: Edward Arnold Publishers, Ltd., 2006.
10. Ruijs WLM, van Wijk PTL, Heimeriks CT, et al. Prikaccidenten In De Arbeidssituatie. Bilthoven: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 2008.
11. Gardner SL, Von Essen S, Berger J, et al. Low seroprevalence among farmers from Nebraska and vicinity suggests low level of human exposure to sin nombre virus. J Agromedicine 2005;10:59-61.
12. Kennedy I, Williams S. Occupational exposure to HIV and post-exposure prophylaxis in healthcare workers. Occup Med (Lond) 2000;50:387-91. (Pubitemid 30663964)
13. Lam BC, Lee J, Lau YL. Hand hygiene practices in a neonatal intensive care unit: a multimodal intervention and impact on nosocomial infection. Pediatrics 2004;114:e565-71. (Pubitemid 41647663)
14. Randle J, Clarke M, Storr J. Hand hygiene compliance in healthcare workers. J Hosp Infect 2006;64:205-9. (Pubitemid 44480710)
15. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens. Infection at Work: Controlling the Risks, 2003. London: TSO.