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The Epidemiology of Blood-Contaminated Needlestick Injuries Among Veterinarians in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorMesquita, João R.
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Sofia I. V.
dc.contributor.authorVala, Helena
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, Maria S. J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-28T12:50:46Z
dc.date.available2015-04-28T12:50:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractNeedlestick injuries (NIs) are considered a substantial occupational health and safety hazard in contemporary health care practice. Unlike human medicine where much effort has been devoted to reduce the incidence of these events, the same aggressive approach has not been used in veterinary medicine. This study investigated the occurrence of blood-contaminated NIs in Portuguese veterinarians. Participants of a veterinary meeting were asked to complete a questionnaire-based survey. Differences in NI exposure rates by sex, years in practice, and animal interaction during childhood were evaluated using the chi-square test. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to produce predicted probabilities for NI episodes in veterinarians. From the total of 373 enrolled veterinarians, 293 (78.5%) reported having had at least one NI during their professional life. Veterinarians working with dogs were more likely to have experienced a NI (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 145.74, P < .001). The high level of NIs observed in these professionals shows that NIs are a potential occupational health problem in Portuguese veterinarians, with the possibility for transmission of haematogenous zoonosis.por
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the award number Ovislab ICT-2013-05-004-5314 ID-64757 from QREN/FEDER and the award number SFRH/BPD/64686/2009SFRH/BPD/64686/2009 from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).por
dc.identifier.citationJoão R. Mesquita, Sofia I. V. Sousa, Helena Vala and Maria S. J. Nascimento (2015). The Epidemiology of Blood-Contaminated Needlestick Injuries Among Veterinarians in Portugal. Journal of Agromedicine, 20:160–166por
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1059924X.2015.1010061
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/2785
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispor
dc.subjectNeedlestickpor
dc.subjectzoonosespor
dc.subjectoccupational healthpor
dc.subjectveterinarypor
dc.titleThe Epidemiology of Blood-Contaminated Needlestick Injuries Among Veterinarians in Portugalpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage166por
oaire.citation.startPage160por
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Agromedicinepor
oaire.citation.volume20por
person.familyNameVala Correia
person.givenNameHelena Maria
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6829-4867
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