Occupational infectious diseases


 * definition: infection originating during work with a proven risk of transmission
 * Government Regulation No. 290/1995 Coll. - list of occupational diseases - Chapter V. - communicable and parasitic diseases
 * 1) – communicable and parasitic diseases
 * 2) –  animal-to-human transmitted diseases
 * 3) – communicable and parasitic diseases originating abroad
 * recognition of an occupational disease can only be done by an accredited facility
 * the conditions of compensation are set by the Labor Code
 * in the 1990s, infection accounted for 17% of all occupational diseases. In 2012, this figure is 15% as reported by NzP 1042.


 * most infected individuals are are health care workers and social care institutions workers
 * the spectrum of diseases is changing: thanks to vaccination, hepatitis B is declining in healthcare professionals
 * in 1995, 'scabies'  was recognized as an important occupational infectious disease (psychiatry, geriatrics, social care workers…)
 * Other examples include  'hepatitis'  and  'TB'  (geriatrics)
 * ther infections occur infrequently

Out of healthcare

 * trichophyton - cattle breeders
 * erysipeloid - in meat processing plants
 * Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis - people with jobs in the wild
 * ornithosis - poultry workers

Occupational infection with HIV is rare, with an '1%' 'risk of infection when injured by a contaminated instrument.

Most frequently reported occupational infections (2012)

 * 1) scabies
 * 2) Lyme disease
 * 3) viral hepatitis
 * 4) malaria

= References =

Related Articles

 * The most common occupational diseases in the Czech Republic
 * Occupational vasoneurosis
 * Occupational asthma

Source

 * BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. [cit. 2010]. .