Table 1
Health status and occupational health risk of health care workers in Central Asia.
| Author, date | Health status | Occupational health risk factors |
|---|---|---|
| Penkina TV et al, 2006 | The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among Kyrgyz HCWs is higher than that of other Commonwealth of Independent States. The anti-HCV is detected in 7.8% of HCWs. | |
| Ulmasov R, 2007 | The incidence of diseases and days with temporary incapacity of HCWs in Tajikistan increased by 53.2% and 46.3%, respectively, from 2000 to 2005. | |
| Makhmanurov AA et al, 2013 | The rate of chronic viral hepatitis B (HBV) in surgeons was 11.9% and in dentists 11.4%. The incidence of HBV infection was 6.9% in physicians and 6.0% in nurses. The HBV infection was not associated with longer work experience. There was a high infection rate among HCWs with viral hepatitis G (HGV): 14.1%, compared to 1.4% in the general population | The detected rates of infection of HBV, HCV and HGV (as compared to the general population) and of HIV infection of HCWs in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and partly in Uzbekistan directly indicate that they are a group at increased risk of parenteral viral infections. |
| Yrysova MB et al, 2013 | Anti-HCV was detected in 15.0% of examined laboratory staff in Kyrgyzstan. | The risk of HCV infection for doctors and nurses who have worked for 10 years and longer was 1.5 times and 3.4 times higher, respectively, than those who have worked less than 10 years. |
| Smagulov NK et al, 2013 | The incidence of medical workers is 6.5 times higher than the incidence rate with temporary disability; 63.2% of HCWs have chronic diseases, 99% of whom are not on dispensary records, and 32% have not undergone preventive medical examinations. The incidence among doctors is higher than among average HCWs. | |
| Beletsky L, 2013 | The total number of HIV-infected HCWs has reached 45 people by 2013. Among them, 13.3% were doctors and 33.3% nurses. Among HIV-infected health workers, 88.9% are women and 11.1% are men. | |
| Botova OP, 2014 | The anti-HCV was detected in 3.19% of examined laboratory personnel in Kazakhstan. The prevalence of HBV and HCV markers among HCWs was 2%. The HCV infection rate among nurses was 2 times higher than among doctors. The most vulnerable to viral hepatitis were laboratory assistants, procedural nurses and surgical nurses. | |
| Abdylaeva GM et al, 2015 | An increase in the number of tuberculosis patients among the population increases the occupational risk to the health of HCWs. | |
| Abdylaeva GM et al, 2017 | The incidence rate of tuberculosis among HCWs reached 106.34 per 100,000 in 2014. | Tuberculosis is found on average 10.82 times more often among HCWs of the general medical network compared to the number of tuberculosis cases among employees of specialized TB hospitals. |