**2. Occupational risks of health professionals**

The health‐related risks associated with health professionals can be grouped as psychoso‐ cial, physical, biological, chemical and ergonomic factors. American National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has reported 29 kinds of physical, 25 kinds of chemical, biological 24 varieties, 10 and six kinds of ergonomic and psycho‐social hazards and risks [8–11].
