Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)

Background: Exposure to Biological Agents during work is an emergent type of occupational risk. Aim: To characterize occupational biological risk exposure among Chilean workers which have been registered by the Toxicology Information Center, between January 2006 and December 2009. Material and Metho...

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Autores principales:	Cerda,Patricia, Cortés,Sandra, Bettini,Marli, Mieres,Juan José, Paris,Enrique, Ríos,Juan Carlos
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2014
Materias:	Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Risk Vaccines
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720140004000052014-09-02Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)Cerda,PatriciaCortés,SandraBettini,MarliMieres,Juan JoséParis,EnriqueRíos,Juan Carlos Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Risk Vaccines Background: Exposure to Biological Agents during work is an emergent type of occupational risk. Aim: To characterize occupational biological risk exposure among Chilean workers which have been registered by the Toxicology Information Center, between January 2006 and December 2009. Material and Methods: All incoming calls reporting exposure to biological agents during the studied period were analyzed. The information obtained from the caller was registered using the Communication Record Instrument of the WHO International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS INTOX). Results: In the studied period, 77 calls were received. The mean age of exposed patients was 35 ± 15 years and 57% of them were females. The most common involved agents were vaccines for veterinary use (42%) followed by Loxosceles laeta bites in 16%. The main routes of exposure were injections, cuts and needle stick injuries in 39% and stings and bites in 38%. The highest exposure rates were observed in Southern Chile due to self-inoculation of veterinary vaccines used in the salmon industry (22.7/100.000 actual workers). Fifty-eight percent of calls were from health care workers, and 51% of them were from health care facilities. Sixty percent of exposures occurred during summer and spring. There was a fourfold higher risk of calls involving women exposed to bites or stings (odds ratio (OR) 4.5 (CI95 1.5-13.9, p < 0.01). Men had a fourfold higher risk of being exposed to vaccines or medications for veterinary use (OR 4.2, CI95 1.4-12.6 p < 0.01). Conclusions: Most calls involving an exposure to a biological agent were caused by self-inoculation of veterinary medications.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.142 n.4 20142014-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872014000400005es10.4067/S0034-98872014000400005
institution	Scielo Chile
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Risk Vaccines
spellingShingle	Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Risk Vaccines Cerda,Patricia Cortés,Sandra Bettini,Marli Mieres,Juan José Paris,Enrique Ríos,Juan Carlos Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)
description	Background: Exposure to Biological Agents during work is an emergent type of occupational risk. Aim: To characterize occupational biological risk exposure among Chilean workers which have been registered by the Toxicology Information Center, between January 2006 and December 2009. Material and Methods: All incoming calls reporting exposure to biological agents during the studied period were analyzed. The information obtained from the caller was registered using the Communication Record Instrument of the WHO International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS INTOX). Results: In the studied period, 77 calls were received. The mean age of exposed patients was 35 ± 15 years and 57% of them were females. The most common involved agents were vaccines for veterinary use (42%) followed by Loxosceles laeta bites in 16%. The main routes of exposure were injections, cuts and needle stick injuries in 39% and stings and bites in 38%. The highest exposure rates were observed in Southern Chile due to self-inoculation of veterinary vaccines used in the salmon industry (22.7/100.000 actual workers). Fifty-eight percent of calls were from health care workers, and 51% of them were from health care facilities. Sixty percent of exposures occurred during summer and spring. There was a fourfold higher risk of calls involving women exposed to bites or stings (odds ratio (OR) 4.5 (CI95 1.5-13.9, p < 0.01). Men had a fourfold higher risk of being exposed to vaccines or medications for veterinary use (OR 4.2, CI95 1.4-12.6 p < 0.01). Conclusions: Most calls involving an exposure to a biological agent were caused by self-inoculation of veterinary medications.
author	Cerda,Patricia Cortés,Sandra Bettini,Marli Mieres,Juan José Paris,Enrique Ríos,Juan Carlos
author_facet	Cerda,Patricia Cortés,Sandra Bettini,Marli Mieres,Juan José Paris,Enrique Ríos,Juan Carlos
author_sort	Cerda,Patricia
title	Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)
title_short	Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)
title_full	Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)
title_fullStr	Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)
title_full_unstemmed	Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)
title_sort	exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: reporte del centro de información toxicológica de la pontificia universidad católica de chile (cituc)
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2014
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872014000400005
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Exposición a agentes de riesgo biológico en trabajadores chilenos: Reporte del Centro de Información Toxicológica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CITUC)

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