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Health Surveillance for Health Care Workers [PDF]

AAOHN Journal, 2000
Health surveillance for the general health care worker includes surveillance for immunity to infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B. Post exposure surveillance for bloodborne pathogens includes HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Workers’ Health Surveillance for Fire Fighters

Safety and Health at Work, 2011
The objective of this study was to test the feasibility and acceptability of a new workers' health surveillance (WHS) for fire fighters in a Dutch pilot-implementation project.In three fire departments, between November 2007 and February 2009, feasibility was tested with respect to i) worker intent to change health and behavior; ii) the quality of ...
Plat, Marie-Christine J., Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W., Sluiter, Judith K.   +2 more
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Healthcare workers’ experiences regarding scaling up of training on integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) in Uganda, 2016: cross sectional qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy was adopted as the framework for implementation of International Health Regulation (2005) in the African region of World Health Organisation (WHO AFRO).
Lydia Nakiire, Ben Masiira, Christine Kihembo, Edson Katushabe, Nasan Natseri, Immaculate Nabukenya, Innocent Komakech, Issa Makumbi, Okot Charles, Francis Adatu, Miriam Nanyunja, Peter Nsubuga, Solomon Fisseha Woldetsadik, Patrick Tusiime, Ali Ahmed Yahaya, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Alemu Wondimagegnehu   +16 more
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Workplace Health Promotion as a good solution to the negative impact of the financial crisis on healthcare systems [PDF]

Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2018
The national healthcare systems of European countries were not immune to the impact of the recent global financial crisis. For instance, public expenditure on health in Ireland has fallen by about 9% since its peak in 2008, with consequences on the ...
Francesco Chirico
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Scaling up hepatitis B vaccination with the support of GAVI in China : lessons learned for introduction of new vaccines and for the future of hepatitis B control [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause of illness and death in China. In 1992, 60% of the population had a history of HBV infection and 9.8% were chronically infected with HBV.
Fuqiang, Cui
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Saúde do Trabalhador no SUS: desafios para uma política pública

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional
O texto debate a situação da atenção integral em Saúde do Trabalhador no Brasil. Os avanços e as contradições das políticas públicas no campo são analisados a partir do contexto de crescimento econômico brasileiro, que ocorre em detrimento das políticas ...
Danilo Costa, Francisco Antonio de Castro Lacaz, José Marçal Jackson Filho, Rodolfo Andrade Gouveia Vilela   +3 more
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A atenção à saúde do trabalhador nas unidades básicas de saúde do SUS: estudo de caso em Campinas, São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional
RESUMO OBJETIVO: avaliar o processo de implantação das ações de vigilância em saúde do trabalhador nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) do SUS, em Campinas, SP.
Salma Regina Rodrigues Balista, Sílvia Maria Santiago, Heleno Rodrigues Corrêa Filho   +2 more
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Commentary on the Organisation of Occupational Health and Safety in Southern Africa, the International Labour Organization and Policies in General

Annals of Global Health, 2018
Background: The design and implementation of sound occupational health and safety (OHS) programmes require understanding of the main issues that need attention. This article highlights key issues regarding the (i) organisation of OHS services in southern
Ncube France, Artwell Kanda
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[Health protocol for the health surveillance of construction workers]

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, 2016
The construction site is a temporary work place characterized by a sequence of working phases with very different tasks and activities. Environmental and organizational conditions are changeable and not always predictable, exhibiting many dangers and health risks.
Giovanni Mosconi, Marisa Santini, Matteo Marco Riva, Giovanni De Vito, Giorgio Di Leone   +4 more
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Surveillance actions in worker's health and environment: analyses of the procedure carried out in gas stations by the Campinas Worker's Health Reference Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil

, 2013
Due to the changes in the contemporary labor world and their repercussions on health and environment, new challenges are posed to Worker's health Integrated Care from the Brazilian National Unified Health System.
Lacaz, Francisco Antonio de Castro [UNIFESP], Santos, Ana Paula Lopes dos [UNIFESP]   +1 more
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