ArticleBMC anesthesiology2018
Evaluation of anesthesiologists' knowledge about occupational health: Pilot study.
Article in BMC anesthesiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Risk of Bacterial Exposure to the Anesthesiologist's Face During Intubation and Extubation.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Anaesthetists' knowledge of airborne infections.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Inhaled Anesthetics: Environmental Role, Occupational Risk, and Clinical Use.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Surgical smoke and the anesthesia provider.Journal of anesthesia · 2020Review
- Knowledge of Occupational Hazards and their Perceived Effects among Operating Theatre Workers.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAn anesthesiologists' work presents with numerous occupational risks owing to the large amount of time spent inside the operating room where constant noise, anesthetic vapors, ionizing radiation, infectious agents, and psychological stress are present. Herein, we evaluated anesthesiologists' knowledge about occupational health.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted to assess 158 anesthesiologists from a tertiary hospital on their knowledge about occupational health using a structured questionnaire.
resultsThe survey revealed a lack of knowledge on the forms of prevention of occupational accidents (74.6% did not know how to act in case of a fire during surgery, 56% failed to identify the post-anesthesia care unit as the place with the highest contamination by inhalation anesthetics, and 42.7% failed to identify all personal protective equipment) and a surprisingly high rate of lack of observance of preventive measures (30.3% washed their hands before touching every patient, 52.5% did not use gloves during intravenous access, and 88.6% used protective equipment against ionizing radiation).
conclusionsDespite improvements in safety standards in healthcare facilities, our research showed lack of knowledge about major topics on occupational health by physicians. Improving safety awareness is an important goal of training programs and continued medical education.
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