Occupational Health Hazards among Health Care Workers

Authors: Nazanin Izadi and Reza Piruznia

DOI: 10.23880/phoa-16000120

Volume 2, Issue 1

Abstract

Health care industry around the world employ over 43 million health workers in 2015, including 9.8 million physicians and 20.7 million nurses/midwives. Hospital staffs are exposed to a wide range of health hazards in the workplace, including biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic and psychological hazards. This paper considers the principal occupational exposures of health care workers.

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