To analyze the characteristics of conjunctival occupational exposure of medical personnel.

A retrospective investigation was conducted to analyze 63 cases of conjunctival occupational exposure from Jan. 2017 to Dec. 2019 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University.

Nurses and doctors were the main group with conjunctival exposure, accounting for 55.56%(35/63) and 41.27%(26/63) respectively.The medical personnel with less than 5 years of working seniority had the highest rate of conjunctival exposure accounting for 69.84%(44/63). Operating room, general ward, and intensive care unit (ICU) was the main site of conjunctival exposure of medical personnel, accounting for 47.62%(30/63), 28.57%(18/63)and 9.52%(6/63) respectively.Surgical operation, needle extraction, airway management, replacement of drainage tube (bag), fingertip blood glucose measurement were the main time of conjunctival exposure, accounting for 47.62%(30/63), 11.11%(7/63), 7.94%(5/63), 7.94%(5/63)and 6.35%(4/63). Hepatitis B virus was the main source of conjunctival occupational exposure of medical staff, accounting for 38.09%(24/63).

The medical staff, low working seniority and operation are high risk factor of occupational exposure to ocular conjunctiva of medical staff. Strengthening education and training, implement standard preventive measures, can reduce the incidence of occupational exposure to ocular conjunctiva of medical staff.

Personnel, medical; Exposure, occupational, conjunctiva; Analysis, investigation