Évaluation des risques biologiques pour les personnels de soins : de l'évaluation a priori à l'expérimentation

The guidelines concerning exposure of HCWs to the selected agents, and the preventive measures that should be implemented, have been validated and posted on a specific web site: http://wwww.chu-rouen.fr/mtph. In the experimental part, we found that the one-stage air sampler had the ability to collect viable MRSA strains in the air. We demonstrated that the aerial contamination was linked to the infected patients. This provides useful insights into a future use of this sampler for occupational risk assessment purposes.