Abstract: Objective: To investigate the status quo of clinical nurses exposure to respiratory transmitted diseases and bloodborne infections among medical workers in various medical institutions in China and the post-exposure report rate. Methods: Convenience sampling was used to select 19,738 clinical nurses who met the inclusion criteria as the research subjects. A self-made questionnaire comprised of three parts: basic information, basic knowledge of occupational exposure, occupational exposure risk assessment was used for survey. Subjects could fill the questionnaire on wjx.com. Results: A total of 19,738 pieces of questionnaire were collected, all of which were valid. According to the results, 96.5% (19,047 cases) who understood the basics of occupational exposure and knew about standard precautions, and 73.6% (14,527 cases) who thought that standard precautions could be achieved at work. 56.1% (11,067 cases) of the clinical nurse had occupational exposure at work, and most of which occured to their hands and 65.3% (7225 cases) of whom chose to report after occupational exposure. Conclusion: The domestic occupational exposure risk among clinical nurses is high, and the protection against occupational exposure remains to be strengthened.

Key words: clinical nurses; occupational exposure; bloodborne occupational exposure; needlestick injury