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Abstract
Health care workers are frequently exposed to a variety of potentially serious or even life-threatening hazards. They are suffering from occupational or work-related diseases or injuries due to biological, chemical, ergonomic, psychosocial and physical hazards at the oncology center. Lack of knowledge and improper practice of health care workers are increasing the risks to occupational hazards. The aim: The study was aimed to evaluate occupational health hazards among health care workers. Setting : The study was conducted at Oncology Center at Mansoura University. Subjects : The studied subjects were health care workers who accepted to participate in the study. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Sample type & size : Convenient sampling technique was used considering proportion allocation. The sample size of health care workers (HCWs) was (119) workers. Tools : Four tools were used. Two self-administrated structured questionnaires. The first tool to assess HCWs’ demographic, and occupational data ; and the second to assess their knowledge. Structured observational check list is the third one to assess practice, and the fourth to assess hospital environment. Results : The mean age of the health care workers (HCWs) was 27.58≠ 5.9 years. The HCWs showed poor score level of knowledge in relation to occupational health hazards. Also all of the HCWs showed improper practice. Conclusion: The main conclusion of the present study revealed that there were poor score level of knowledge and improper practice of HCWs related to occupational health hazards. Recommendation : Based on the study results it was recommended to apply health educational program to improve health care workers’ knowledge and practice regarding occupational health hazards.