Infectious diseases in healthcare workers – an analysis of the standardised data set of a German compensation board

Table 3 Number of suspected (S) and recognised (R) cases of selected occupational infectious diseases by year of notification and annual rates of recognised cases per 100,000 employees; 2005−2009; data from BGW, Germany

Occupational infectious diseases		Year					Total	Annual rate of recognised cases⁺
		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
		N	N	N	N	N	N (%*)
Active TB	S	234	175	253	195	124	990
	R	99	83	56	73	61	372 (38)	1.5
LTBI	S	-	20	33	40	187	280
	R	-	5	6	17	65	93 (33)	0.4
Scabies	S	-	701	355	135	110	1,301
	R	-	128	88	102	58	376 (29)	1.5
MRSA	S	-	114	88	98	102	402
	R	-	1	5	11	8	25 (6)	0.1
HBV	S	146	116	110	106	75	553
	R	40	29	30	20	14	133 (24)	0.5
HCV	S	168	163	124	138	101	694
	R	119	86	71	57	51	384 (55)	1.5
HIV/AIDS	S	9	12	4	11	5	41
	R	2	0	3	1	0	6 (15)	0.02

* Proportion of the suspected cases that were recognised as occupational infectious diseases between 2005 and 2009.
⁺ Calculated per 100,000 employees averaged over five years (2005–2009).
LTBI = latent TB infection.

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