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This study comprehensively describes APs, highlighting sector\u2010specific patterns and trends over time.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Public Health Agency of Canada data on APs in exposure incidents between 2016 and 2024 (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091058) were analyzed. APs were described by disease outcome (APs who developed a laboratory\u2010acquired infection [LAI]; APs who did not develop an LAI), role, sector, education, years of experience, route of exposure, main activity during exposure, exposure severity, root cause of exposure, occurrence type of exposure, post\u2010exposure interventions and implicated agents.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The majority of APs were in the non\u2010LAI group (96.6%), were technicians\/technologists (74.5%), worked in the hospital sector (56.3%), completed a technical\/trades college diploma (52.8%), were exposed via inhalation (62.7%), were performing microbiology activities during exposure (75.0%) and sought occupational health consultation within seven days of exposure (61.4%). The distributions of role, education, and route of exposure were most heterogeneous in the academic, other government and veterinary\/animal health sectors and least heterogeneous in the hospital and public health sectors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Distributions of AP\u2010related variables differed across sectors, varying most in the academic, other government, and veterinary\/animal health sectors. Study findings contribute to the characterization of APs involved in exposure incidents and may inform future research aimed at identifying factors associated with exposure incidents and LAIs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ajim.70137","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T04:43:07Z","timestamp":1789533787000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Affected Persons in Laboratory Exposures to Human Pathogens and Toxins in Canada, 2016\u20132024: A Sector\u2010Specific Analysis"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0414-5025","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emily F.","family":"Tran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-5501-549X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christine","family":"Abalos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-5720-7742","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antoinette N.","family":"Davis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-8729-3743","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Audrey","family":"Gauthier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Bonti\u2010Ankomah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14745\/ccdr.v49i09a06"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14745\/ccdr.v47i10a04"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14745\/ccdr.v48i10a08"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","first-page":"28","article-title":"A Short History of Occupational Disease: 1. 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