RISK MANAGEMENT OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AMONG WORKERS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK [PDF]
, 2023 Purpose: To systematize the activities and relationships between employers, workers, and occupational health services in the process of risk management of exposure to biological agents in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Elka Toseva, Stanislava Harizanova
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A Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of a Sample of Albanian Medical Students in Relation to Occupational Exposure to Biological Agents. [PDF]
Diseases(1) Background: Exposure to blood carries the risk of transmission of many infectious diseases. Healthcare workers (HCWs), including hospital-based medical students, face high and often under-reported rates of exposure to needlestick and sharps injuries.
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Use of portable microbial samplers for estimating inhalation exposure to viable biological agents [PDF]
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 2007 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 ...
M. Yao, G. Mainelis
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Combined Effects Modeling of Ionizing Radiation and Biological Agent Exposures [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2002 A simple two-species population model is used to simulate the interactions of a replicating pathogen and the immune system response. This deterministic model is flexible enough to reproduce the salient population-dynamic features, chiefly the tendency toward an equilibrium state in which the pathogen population is reduced to zero or a negligible level ...
George H, Anno, Ronald M, Bloom
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Polymers, 2023 In the last four decades, nanotechnology has gained momentum with no sign of slowing down. The application of inventions or products from nanotechnology has revolutionised all aspects of everyday life ranging from medical applications to its impact on ...
Azeez Yusuf +4 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 +5 more
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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 +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 +5 more
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1603c Immunisation policies and practices in occupational health: evidence and options from the literature and the field [PDF]
, 2018 Exposure to biological agents occurs in many workplaces. Immunization is a safe, cost-effective intervention for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD). Although updated, evidence-based vaccination policies are available for the general population, overall ...
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