Work-related infectious disease



*Health care occupations
*A)with direct patient contact
*B)laboratory exposure
*Non –health care occupations

*The risk of nosocomial infection exists both for hospitalized patients and for workers involved in
their care


*Creutzfeldt-Jakob agent
*Cytomegalivirus
*Hepatitis B
*Hepatitis C
*Herpes simplex
*HIV
*Influenza
*Rotavirus
*Varicella-zoster
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*Immunization
*Surveillance of staff in high risk areas
*Employee education
*Appropriate sterilization and disinfection procedures
*Use of protective clothing and gloves
*Work practices should be consistent with the CDC guidelines

*Bacterial Disease- tularemia, antrax,brucellosis,erysipeloid,leptospirosis, Lyme
disease,plague,nontyphoid salmonellosis,swimming pool granuloma.
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*Prevention includes vaccination when avalaible and using protective clothing
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*Anthropod –borne: Yelow fever,Colorado tick fever,western and eastern equine encephalitis
*Non-arthropod borne


*Influenza and other respiratory viruses are responzible for for considerable morbidity and days
lost fro workers, both for health care and non-health care settings
*Target groups for influenza vaccine: ????

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Erythema
Erythema chronicum migrans//Lyme disease
Kliste

Scabies2



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*Fungal – with dermatophytes (ringworm) or the fungus Candida albicans. Often found in a local
environment of moisture,warmth and maceration.