00000ctm a22000003a 4500 UP-1685523046126267736 Buklod 20140213160506.0 m o j ta 140213s2011 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPMNL-00013079031 UPM-CPH eng LG995 2011 P96 M57 Miranda, Ricardo M. Health risk assessment of needle stick/sharps injuries to health care waste handlers in a tertiary hospital Ricardo M. Miranda. 2011 127 leaves Thesis (MS Public Health, Environmental Health)--University of the Philippines Manila, 2011 Health care waste (HCW) handlers in the housekeeping departments of hospitals are exposed to needle stick/sharp injuries (NSSIs) and are at risk of exposure to HBV, HCV and HIV infections in their work. This group of workers is at a disadvantage as they are not usually employed directly by hospitals in the Philippines but outsourced from cleaning services and maintenance companies. The principal objective of this study is to prepare a health risk assessment model for hospitals based on a research study in an 800-bed tertiary hospital in the Philippines that will assess the risk of needle stick injuries to these workers and their predisposition to the HBV, HCV and HIV infections after experiencing such injuries. The elements of the health risk assessment model consists of 1) identifying hazards from previous needle stick/sharps injuries; 2) developing dose (independent, predictor variables) versus response (dependent, outcome variables) relationships; 3) preparing exposure assessments to describe what injuries are currently experienced or anticipated under different conditions by the at-risk population or similar risk assessments as applied to larger populations with similar environments; and 4) characterizing the risks by determining the estimated incidence of needle stick injuries to waste handlers in the hospital, and the probability of infection with HBV, HCV, and the raction of HBV, HCV and HIV infections among the waste handlers that can be attributed to needle stick/sharps injuries... Health risk assessment. UP UPMNL CPH LG995 2011 P96 M57 Thesis