Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess cardiac catheterization health care team member's awareness regarding occupational health hazards and safety practices in Cairo University Hospitals. A descriptive, comparative design was utilized. The study was conducted at all cardiac catheterization units in Cairo University Hospitals. Convenient sample of all health care team members (80) who divided into physicians (12), bachelor nurses (11), technical nurses (27), radiologists (16), and nurses aid (14). Two tools were developed by the investigator utilized for data collection. Finding of this study indicated the physicians had the highest total mean awareness score towards occupational hazards while, the lowest total mean score of awareness for nurses aids. The New Kaser Elaine catheterization unit had got the highest mean score of safety measures while; Emmanuel University catheterization unit had gotten the lowest total mean score. All health care team members had got a moderate level of awareness toward occupational health hazards. The physicians were the most aware group of health team members with occupation health hazards while, the nurses' aids group was the lowest aware group with occupational health hazards and all cardiac catheterization units had a low level of safety practices. The study recommended that a training program can be conducted to improve knowledge on occupational health hazardsand periodic medical checkup and checkup for radiation level.

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