INTENTIONAL USE OF HARMFUL BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN WORK PROCESSES IN POLAND BASED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS/CELOWE UZYCIE SZKODLIWYCH CZYNNIKOW BIOLOGICZNYCH W PROCESACH PRACY W POLSCE NA PODSTAWIE KRAJOWEGO REJESTRU CZYNNIKOW BIOLOGICZNYCH

Background: The work presents the intentional use of harmful biological agents based on National Register of Biological Agents (Krajowego Rejestru Czynnikow Biologicznych--KRCB) collected by June 2023. Material and Methods: The KRCB is a central database gathering notifications of the intentional us...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Medycyna Pracy 2023, Vol.74 (6), p.501
Main Authors: Kozajda, Anna, Miskiewicz, Emilia
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological products
Complications and side effects
Health aspects
Medical personnel
Medical technologists
Occupational health and safety
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background: The work presents the intentional use of harmful biological agents based on National Register of Biological Agents (Krajowego Rejestru Czynnikow Biologicznych--KRCB) collected by June 2023. Material and Methods: The KRCB is a central database gathering notifications of the intentional use of biological agents in risk groups 2-4 in the workplace in accordance with the regulation of the Minister of Health of December 11, 2020 amending the regulation regarding biological agents. Results: Notifications were sent by 712 enterprises for: diagnostic--62%, research--31% and industrial purposes--7%. Notifications were most often sent by hospital and non-hospital clinical and diagnostic laboratories (33% each group) and higher education and research units--16%. In total, 7352 workers (88% women, 12% men) were exposed to biological agents intentionally used at work. Biological agents from 2 and 3 group risk were used by 98% and 16% enterprises, respectively. The most frequently were used bacteria Escherichia coli (with the exception of non-pathogenic strains)--5972 (81%) exposed workers, Staphylococcus aureus--respectively 5760 (78%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa--5155 (70%). Among the total workers, nearly 25% were exposed to at least 1 biological agent carcinogenic to humans, including viruses (hepatitis B virus [HBV]--1800 workers, 24%; hepatitis C virus [HCV]--respectively, 1767, 24%; human immunodeficiency virus-1 [HIV-1]--1557, 21%; human gammaherpesvirus type 4 (Epstein-Barr virus)--199, 3%; Papillomaviridae--52,
ISSN:0465-5893
DOI:10.13075/mp.5893.01458