ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Influence of Occupational Risk Factors on the Health Status of Healthcare Workers in the Sverdlovsk Region

Roslaya NA, Plotko EG, Lebedeva AV
About authors

Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Natalya Roslaya
ul. Popova, d. 12, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620014; ur.crmy@ayalsor

Received: 2013-11-11 Accepted: 2013-12-25 Published online: 2017-01-05
|

The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of occupational risk factors on the health status of healthcare workers in the Sverdlovsk region. Complex hygienic assessment of the working conditions of healthcare personnel revealed a number of professional risk factors: physical, chemical, biological, as well as hardness and intensity of the work, which may have an unfavorable effect on the health. To the high risk group of occupational diseases relate surgeons as well as the nursing staff of surgical and therapeutic profile.

Keywords: healthcare workers, occupational risk factors

КОММЕНТАРИИ (0)