Underreporting of Occupational Blood Exposure (OBE) Among Medical Staff at an University Hospital Center (UHC) in 2017 (OBE PRACTITIONERS UHC 2017)

This evaluation consists in collecting, during the diffusion of a survey, the number of OBE the medical professional is victim of and the number of OBE is reported to deduce the number of non-reported OBE, over the period of interest which is the year 2017.

These questions are gathered in a table and concern different sorts of contaminated needlesticks, blood projections, cut or wound and the positive serologic status for the source patient.

This specific outcome is qualitatively evaluated with questions relating to the occurence circumstances of OBE with a choice of standards answers (Yes, always - Often - Sometimes - No, never).

Some questions are gathered in a table and propose 15 differents reasons that can condition the OBE reporting, such as lack of time, fear of judgment, repetition of OBE, unknowing of reporting procedure, lack of standards precautions, only antisepsis maneuvers sufficient, source patient considered as safe, procedure to report considered complex, fear of career consequences, lack of witness, night work, negatives serologies for the source patient, fear of the serological follow-up, fear observing an antiretroviral treatment, ignorance that an OBE was a true one. For each factor, a percentage will be measured as indicative of its importance in the OBE underreporting.

This specific outcome considering various factors that can influence the reporting of an OBE is evaluated by several questions with a yes or no answer.

Using two tables, several measures recommanded about the biological risk in hospital environment (including OBE) are discussed. These differents measures are considered as primary and secondary preventive behaviors. For each measure, we examine its frequency as indicative of its implication in the OBE underreporting.

This outcome is evaluated with questions on vaccination, immunization, wearing of personal protective equipment and realization of the antisepsis maneuvers, realization of serologies for source patient and personal ones, with a choice of standards answers (Yes, always - Often - Sometimes - No, never).

On a first table, the participant has to choose one of the four rates proposed (30% - 1 to 3% - 0,3% - < 0,3%) to evaluate the risk of seroconversion after percutaneous contact with infected blood by HIV or hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). On a second table, the participant has to choose a time limit (Immediately - within 4 hours - within 48 hours - up to 7 days) for different situations near OBE occurence, it concerns antisepsis maneuvers, prophylactic antiretroviral treatment, initial personal serological status and source patient serological status.

A test is proposed to evaluate knowledges about the infectious risk related to OBE, this test is optional, grouping together seven simple choice questions.