Occupational infectious diseases

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  • 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.[1]
  • 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[edit | edit source]

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

Most frequently reported occupational infections (2012)[edit | edit source]

  1. scabies
  2. Lyme disease
  3. viral hepatitis
  4. malaria [1]

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Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • HAVLÍK, Jiří, et al. Infektologie. 2. vydání. Praha : Avicenum, 1990. 393 s. ISBN 80-201-0062-8.
  • LOBOVSKÁ, Alena. Infekční nemoci. 1. edition. Praha : Karolinum, 2001. pp. 263. ISBN 80-246-0116-8.

Citations[edit | edit source]

  1. a b SZÚ. Nemoci z povolání v České republice 2012. Nemoci z povolání v České republice [online]2012, y. 2012, p. 19-24, Available from <http://www.szu.cz/uploads/download/Hlaseni_a_odhlaseni_2012.pdf>. ISSN 1804-5960.