[Injuries with biological risk within Salerno ASL hospitals: descriptive epidemiologic analyses in the period 2006-2008].

The performed study assesses the exposure to biological liquids among health operators of Hospitals belonging to the ASL Salerno/1 in the period 2006/2008. In the following case all work injuries announced in the mentioned period were considered. Overall, 633 injuries have been analysed. Of these, 323 had significant biological risk. Collected data highlighted that professional categories mostly affected are hospital nurses and doctors, and that most injuries happened during injecting therapy and also that the most frequent injury has been caused by the noodle injection.