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This is a key event not only for those involved in occupational health, but also for professionals in infection control, public health, health protection, risk assessment and the management of infected healthcare workers.

The conference is built around the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of four major infectious diseases: Hepatitis B and C, HIV and Tuberculosis as they apply in the health care setting. Infections of healthcare workers from patients are a worrying observation and one for which we have to be particularly vigilant. We are aware of an increasing number of cases where healthcare workers have become infected through occupational exposures. However, infections in the healthcare setting are not just important to the healthcare worker, because sadly patients have been infected by healthcare workers in the process of their hospital care.

During the conference we will be exploring international data on transmissions of bloodborne viruses from patients to healthcare workers and from healthcare workers to their patients, touching on national policy in their management and prevention.