Occupational Health Hazards Faced by Healthcare Workers in Hospitals

Health care workers face a number of safety and health related hazards while discharging their duties and responsibilities in hospitals. These include blood borne pathogens, biological hazards, potential chemical, drug exposures, respiratory hazards, ergonomic hazards, laser hazards, workplace violence, hazards associated with laboratories, radioactive material and radiation hazards. These hazards can be managed by appropriate training, education and counseling of healthcare workers, use of protective personal equipment, fixing accountability of the employer and following preventive aspects by the healthcare workers during discharge of their duties in healthcare setting. The paper presents the perception of a medical professional on various health hazarad for the hospital workers and suggest prevent measure.