Poster
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6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences |
Katsuya Yahata(1)
(1)University of Occupational and Environmental Health - Kitakyushu. Japan
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[Hygiene, Public Health & Preventive Medicine] |
[Occupational Health] |
In January 1997, we distributed a self-administered questionnaire to the total of 185 organizations among from the major hospitals in the city plus medical institutions. Of 185 organizations, 127 of them replied and 120 organizations were focused for analysis removing 7 organizations with inappropriate answers.
In the questionnaire, we asked about 1) basic information of the institutions, 2) general management, and 3) management in occupational environment. Almost all items in 2) and 3) were in the alternative questionnaire.
The results were classified in 3 groups; all medical institutions, medical institutions that operate sterilization (including EO gas or heat sterilization), and medical institutions that operate EO sterilization.
We divided the medical institutions into 5 groups according to the number of employees; less than 10, less than 50, less than 100, less than 300, over 300. They were further classified by the number of beds in order to check their characteristics.
We summarized the data on the categories of 1) employee numbers and the presence of sterilization activities, 2) the number of beds and the presence of sterilization activities, 3) the rate of EO sterilization performance by clinical department, 4) the relationship between employee numbers and the occupational health management system, and 5) management conditions at EO sterilization areas.
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[Hygiene, Public Health & Preventive Medicine] |
[Occupational Health] |
