Post-exposure prophylaxis against blood-borne viral infections among health care workers: A bibliometric analysis.

IF 0.8 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RISK & SAFETY IN MEDICINE Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.3233/JRS-210078

Waleed M Sweileh

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Abstract

Background: Health care workers face a wide range of chemical, physical, and biological occupational hazards in their jobs.

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate research trends on post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against blood-borne viral infections among health care workers.

Method: Keywords related to health care workers, PEP, and blood-borne viruses were entered in the Scopus database for the period from 1950 to 27 January 2022.

Results: The search query returned 271 papers. The earliest publication was in 1984. The Pan African Medical Journal ranked first (n = 8, 3.0%), followed by the Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and Journal of Hospital Infection with 6 (2.2%) papers for each. One hundred ninety-one journals took part in publishing the retrieved papers. Authors from 63 different countries took part in publishing the retrieved papers. The United States (US) ranked first (n = 53, 19.6%) followed by India (n = 26, 9.6%). The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contributed the most (n = 9, 3.3%) and ranked first in the top active institutions. The mean number of authors per paper was 4.4 and the mean number of citations per paper was 17.0. The most frequent author keywords focused on PEP, health care workers, occupational exposure, HIV, hepatitis B, anti-retroviral and needle-stick injuries. Research themes in the retrieved papers focused on knowledge/attitude/practice and management and epidemiology of occupational exposure and PEP. There was a limited number of research publications in this field.

Conclusion: Research activity in this field needs to be strengthened in low- and middle-income countries through reporting and training of HCWs.

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卫生保健工作者接触后预防血源性病毒感染:文献计量学分析。

背景:卫生保健工作者在其工作中面临着广泛的化学、物理和生物职业危害。目的:了解医务人员接触后预防血源性病毒感染的研究趋势。方法:将1950年至2022年1月27日Scopus数据库中与医护人员、PEP、血源性病毒相关的关键词录入。结果:检索结果为271篇论文。最早的出版物是在1984年。《泛非医学杂志》排名第一(n = 8, 3.0%)，其次是《感染控制与医院流行病学》和《医院感染杂志》，各有6篇(2.2%)论文。191家期刊参与了检索论文的发表。来自63个不同国家的作者参与了检索论文的发表。美国(US)排名第一(n = 53, 19.6%)，其次是印度(n = 26, 9.6%)。美国疾病控制和预防中心贡献最大(n = 9, 3.3%)，在活跃机构中排名第一。论文平均作者数4.4人，论文平均被引次数17.0次。最常见的作者关键词集中在PEP、卫生保健工作者、职业暴露、艾滋病毒、乙型肝炎、抗逆转录病毒和针刺伤。研究主题主要集中在职业暴露与PEP的知识/态度/实践、管理与流行病学等方面。这一领域的研究出版物数量有限。结论:需要通过报告和培训卫生保健工作者来加强低收入和中等收入国家在这一领域的研究活动。

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RISK & SAFETY IN MEDICINE PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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102

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine is concerned with rendering the practice of medicine as safe as it can be; that involves promoting the highest possible quality of care, but also examining how those risks which are inevitable can be contained and managed. This is not exclusively a drugs journal. Recently it was decided to include in the subtitle of the journal three items to better indicate the scope of the journal, i.e. patient safety, pharmacovigilance and liability and the Editorial Board was adjusted accordingly. For each of these sections an Associate Editor was invited. We especially want to emphasize patient safety.