Characterization of Accidental Exposure to Blood (Aeb) and Their Occupational Determinants in Basic Health Careinstitutionsin the Province of Larache

Abstract

Accidentals exposure to blood (AEB) are a risk faced daily by health personnel working in public health institutions, especially in institutions resident in the province of LARACHE. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of AEB in health institutionsin the province of LARACHE and to identify their main determinants.
We carried out a cross-sectional, descriptive study with an analytical aim over a period of one month. A total of 102 professionals agreed to participate in the study. Sixty-two of them were victims of a blood exposure accident (BEE), 45.1 of them were nurses and only 46.1 of these victims were vaccinated against hepatitis B. 16% of the respondents are practicing in the department of medicine (many victims collected), regarding the most significant mechanism of occurrence of the accident was dominated by the prick during injections (23.5%). The most frequent cause was overwork (35.3%), the reporting rate was very low. No contamination was recorded and several risk factors for the occurrence of AEB were revealed (technical, organizational, related to human reliability ...). In conclusion: this study demonstrates the need to integrate health care personnel into a global safety approach within health care institutions (training cycle, evaluation of professional situations, notification and declaration of victim cases, etc.).