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OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS WITH BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2017
The present study aimed at characterizing occupational accidents with biological material among healthcare workers. A retrospective, quantitative study of accidents involving biological material, conducted in a secondary reference hospital located in the
Manoel Carlos Arantes, Maria do Carmo Fernandez Lourenço Haddad, Sonia Silva Marcon, Mariana Angela Rossaneis, Paloma de Souza Cavalcante Pissinati, Samuel Andrade de Oliveira   +5 more
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Drug-induced lupus with leukocytoclastic vasculitis: a rare expression associated with adalimumab [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
TNF alpha antagonist-induced lupus-like syndrome is a rare condition which predominantly affects women (4:1). The average age of onset is 46-51 years. It occurs after exposure to TNF alpha antagonist and disappears after discontinuation of such agents ...
Carolina Forte Amarante, Livia Mendes Sabia Acedo, Fátima Maria de Oliveira Rabay, Benedito do Espírito Santo Campos, Márcia Lanzoni de Alvarenga Lira, Samuel Henrique Mandelbaum   +5 more
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Needlestick and sharp instruments injuries among Brazilian dentistry students

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2017
Background: The occurrence of occupational accidents is common among students and dentists. The present study is aimed to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of needlestick and sharp instrument injuries among dentistry students.
Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Wanúbia Barbosa Nunes, Larissa Costa Silva, Rayssa Lucena Wanderley, Criseuda Maria Benício Barros, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti   +5 more
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An Overview of Biological Markers of Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents [PDF]

Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2008
An overview is given of biological markers of exposure to chemical warfare agents. Metabolites, protein, and/or DNA adducts have been identified for most nerve agents and vesicants and validated in experimental animals or in a small number of human exposures.
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Use of portable microbial samplers for estimating inhalation exposure to viable biological agents [PDF]

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 2006
Portable microbial samplers are being increasingly used to determine the presence of microbial agents in the air; however, their performance characteristics when sampling airborne biological agents are largely unknown. In addition, it is unknown whether these samplers could be used to assess microbial inhalation exposure according to the particle ...
Maosheng, Yao, Gediminas, Mainelis
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Health protection of a worker exposed to chemical agents in the work environment – biological monitoring in health risk assessment: legal regulations

Medycyna Pracy, 2022
One of the priorities in the field of occupational safety and health in the European Union (EU) is research on dissemination and application of scientific results, which results in changes in legislation on exposure assessment to chemical agents and risk
Robert Gregorczyk, Beata Janasik, Jakub Smuga   +2 more
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Profile of accidents with biological material at a dental school

Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i1.14976 Current research characterizes the epidemiological profile of accidents with biological material (BM) that occurred in a government-run dental school and identifies the post-exposure behavior taken ...
Sandra Aragão de Almeida Sasamoto, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple, Cláudio Rodrigues Leles, Erica Tatiane Silva, Enilza Maria Mendonça de Paiva, Liwcy Keller de Oliveira Lopes-Lima   +5 more
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Exposure to biological and chemical agents at biomass power plants

Biomass and Bioenergy, 2016
The increasing use and production of bioenergy means that the number of employees working in this area will inevitably grow, making it ever more important to know the health and safety issues involved in the biomass supply chain. Our aim was to determine the exposure of employees to biological and chemical agents during various work tasks at different ...
Laitinen, Sirpa, Laitinen, Juha, Fagernäs, Leena, Korpijärvi, Kirsi, Korpinen, Leena, Ojanen, Kari, Aatamila, Marjaleena, Jumpponen, Mika, Koponen, Hanna, Jokiniemi, Jorma   +10 more
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Stability of antimicrobial activity of peracetic acid solutions used in the final disinfection process

Brazilian Oral Research, 2015
The instruments and materials used in health establishments are frequently exposed to microorganism contamination, and chemical products are used before sterilization to reduce occupational infection.
Solange Alves da Silva COSTA, Olívia Ferreira Pereira de PAULA, Célia Regina Gonçalves e SILVA, Mariella Vieira Pereira LEÃO, Silvana Soléo Ferreira dos SANTOS   +4 more
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Indicadores infecciosos e inflamatórios entre trabalhadores da limpeza urbana em São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional
O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar agravos à saúde entre grupos funcionais de trabalhadores da limpeza urbana (TLU) decorrentes de exposição biológica do contato com os Resíduos Sólidos (RS) em São Paulo, 2007.
Gustavo Silveira Graudenz
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