Occupational infectious diseases

• definition: infection originating during work with a proven risk of transmission
• Government Regulation No. 290/1995 Coll. - list of occupational diseases - Chapter V. - communicable and parasitic diseases

1. – communicable and parasitic diseases
2. – animal-to-human transmitted diseases
3. – communicable and parasitic diseases originating abroad

• recognition of an occupational disease can only be done by an accredited facility
• the conditions of compensation are set by the Labor Code
• in the 1990s, infection accounted for 17% of all occupational diseases. In 2012, this figure is 15% as reported by NzP 1042.

• most infected individuals are are health care workers and social care institutions workers
• the spectrum of diseases is changing: thanks to vaccination, hepatitis B is declining in healthcare professionals
  • in 1995, 'scabies' was recognized as an important occupational infectious disease (psychiatry, geriatrics, social care workers…)
  • Other examples include 'hepatitis' and 'TB' (geriatrics)
• ther infections occur infrequently

Out of healthcare

• trichophyton - cattle breeders
• erysipeloid - in meat processing plants
• Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis - people with jobs in the wild
• ornithosis - poultry workers

Occupational infection with HIV is rare, with an '1%' 'risk of infection when injured by a contaminated instrument.

Most frequently reported occupational infections (2012)

1. scabies
2. Lyme disease
3. viral hepatitis
4. malaria

References

Related Articles

• The most common occupational diseases in the Czech Republic
• Occupational vasoneurosis
• Occupational asthma

Source

• BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. [cit. 2010]. <http://jirben.wz.cz>.

Bibliography

• HAVLÍK, Jiří, et al. Infektologie. 2. vydání. Praha : Avicenum, 1990. 393 s. ISBN 80-201-0062-8.
• LOBOVSKÁ, Alena. Infekční nemoci. 1. edition. Praha : Karolinum, 2001. pp. 263. ISBN 80-246-0116-8.