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Abstract Objective: In this study, it was aimed at investigating the general health status of healthcare workers, who evaluated in the employee health unit in a training and research hospital and to evaluate the frequency of complaints and chronic diseases according to some sociodemographic characteristics and to determine the frequency and characteristics of the work accident. Materials and Methods: In this epidemiological descriptive study, it was reviewed the health data sheets of healthcare personnel who evaluated in the employee health unit of Sakarya Training and Research Hospital in 2017. In the study analysis 549 people were included, SPSS (20.0) package program was used to create a database and statistical meaning was accepted as, p <0,05. Results: 78.7% of the participants were female, the average age was 34.74 ± 8.67 SD, 71.9% were midwives and nurses. 36.7% of the participants at least one chronic disease. The most common symptom was joint pain with a rate of 27.2%, followed by back pain with 19.6%. In addition, it was found that the rate of allergy (drug, latex, other) was 23.2% and 7.1% of the employees had at least one work accident during their professional life. In addition to the increased risk and risk factors in hospitals, as well as the effects of their work, especially musculoskeletal diseases, cutaneous penetrating injuries, skin diseases and respiratory diseases are frequently observed in healthcare workers. Nevertheless, as the incidence of work-related accidents is lower than expected, occupational health information form can be added to the types of occupational accidents common in the field of healthcare. Because, it is seen that the participants do not indicate the violence as an occupational accident, it can be questioned whether the employees are exposed to violence like physical, verbal or threatening.. Because of being in different health professional groups and working in different parts of the hospital will have their own risks, specific inquiry forms can be created for them.

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