Up to 2 million healthcare workers suffer from biological occupational exposure each year, which is a serious threat to the physical and mental health of the healthcare workers and increases the safety hazards in clinical work. This problem seriously threatens the physical and mental health of medical personnel and increases the safety risks in clinical work.Eight Chinese and English databases were searched from CNKI, Wanfang Data, CQVIP, Sinomed, PubMed, Web of Science, CINHAL, and Cochrane Library using scope review. Information on the assessment population, type, and evaluation method of each tool was extracted and summarized for analysis. Sixteen assessment tools were finally included, and the assessment population of the included tools was mainly medical personnel, and all of them were self-assessed, and the assessment was mainly focused on the prevention stage. Currently, there are many assessment tools for medical staff's occupational exposure. In the future, researchers should select appropriate assessment tools according to the research questions and populations, and develop different types of specific assessment tools with multidimensional evaluation methods for various groups and departments.

Jiaqi Sun, Jinhui Chu, Liping Wang, Chengang Hong, Weichao Liu, Qianyu Zhang, Jinghan Yang. Occupational Exposure Assessment Tools for Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 11: 37-44. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2024.061107.

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