Abstract
BACKGROUND: Working in health care increases the probability that an impaired worker be hazardous for third persons. METHODS: A literature review concerning identification, intervention, and treatment of hazardous health care workers is here reported. RESULTS: Published reports of health care worker-to-patient transmission of bloodborne infections, and papers concerning the so-called "impaired physician", have been reviewed. DISCUSSION: According to European directives on workers' health and safety, the occupational health physician charged of medical surveillance of hospital workers is often mandated to manage impaired professionals. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies for early identification, treatment and rehabilitation of impaired physicians are reviewed and suggestions for preventive action are given.
Translated title of the contribution | Identification and control of hazardous workers for others in health care |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 174-175 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Rehabilitation