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Prevention Guidelines for Infection-associated funeral directors in Korea

안치실 및 염습실 종사자의 감염예방 가이드라인 연구

  • 황규성 (을지대학교 장례지도학과) ;
  • 정유진 (고려대학교 안암병원 장례식장) ;
  • 김정래 (을지대학교 의료공학과)
  • Received : 2015.05.12
  • Accepted : 2015.10.16
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

The importance of disease prevention and risks of infection for funeral workers is present but it has not been studied about disease prevention of funeral workers in Korea. Health cares of funeral workers in Korea live in poor surroundings, because it depends on only effort of Funeral home or workers. And nationwide survey and guideline made for the infection of funeral workers almost do not exist. We propose the guideline about high infectious disease, personal hygiene, physical and spatial management in Korea. We aim to exploit the guidelines in the control, or ideally the eradication, of the disease or infection conditions we are considering. This guidelines contain a guide to funeral director's control procedures and equipment for infectious disease.

미국 등 선진국에서는 장례종사자들의 질병감염에 대한 위험성과 감염예방의 중요성이 심도있게 연구되어 이에 관련된 가이드라인이 제시되고 있으나, 국내에서는 이에 대한 연구가 미비하다. 국내에서 장례종사자의 건강관리는 장례업자나 종사자 개인의 노력에 전적으로 의존하기 때문에 매우 열악하며, 장례종사자의 감염에 대한 연구 및 역학 조사 등이 매우 필요하다고 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 선진국의 장례지도사 가이드라인을 참고하여 노출가능성이 높은 질병, 개인위생, 물질적 및 공간적 관리에 대한 한국형 장례종사자 감염관리 가이드라인 모형을 제시하여 장례식장내 효율적 감염관리 및 장례종사자의 감염예방을 이루고자 하였다.

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