AIDS Occupational Exposure Investigation and Protection Model in Medical Staff

OBJECTIVE To investigate the cognition of AIDS occupational exposure and prevention in medical staff to increase their protection awareness and establish the AIDS prevention model.METHODS A self-designed questionnaires about the basic knowledge and occupational exposure to HIV-related knowledge were invetigated among 271 doctors and nurses.RESULTS The awareness rate of the AIDS related exposure knowledge among doctors reached 83.8-96.4% which was higher than nurses(56.3-96.3%).The nurses increased the awareness of the risk for the frequent exposure to the AIDS patients(51.9-96.3%).But the doctors had lower awareness rate(55.0-92.8%).It had significant differrence(P0.05).CONCLUSIONS Medical staff need to pay attention to the safety of occupational exposure through AIDS education and standardized management in order to improve medical and occupational safety.