Hazards for Health Care Workers

Woman workers and job health hazards.

Health Hazards for Uranium Mine and Mill Workers - Science Issues

"Many uranium miners have been disabled by and died of pulmonary fibrosis that was not recognized as an occupational disease. A review of animal studies, complications from whole body irradiation, pulmonary function, and mortality studies of uranium miners led us to suspect radiation-induced chronic diffuse interstitial fibrosis in miners who had inhaled excessive radon progeny. A selected grou...

[Health hazards from exposure to ortho-phthalaldehyde, a disinfectant for endoscopes, and preventive measures for health care workers].

Recently, the use of ortho-phthalaldehyde(OPA)has been increasing as an alternative to glutaraldehyde(GA)for endoscope disinfection. We detected development of bronchial asthma and contact dermatitis in health care workers(HCW)employed in an endoscopy unit. After performing health examinations and work environment measurements, we took preventative measures against development of these diseases...

Emerging occupational hazards among health care workers in the new millennium.

4 Occupational stress 1999 April 37 2 5 Health effects of industrial chemicals 2000 April 38 2 6 Health effects of asbestos and other mineral fibers 2001 April 39 2 7 Novel aspects of occupational health research in the new era 2002 April 40 2 8 Dioxins in occupational and environmental health: Update 2003 July 41 3 9 Occupational health research in Asia: Recent advances 2004 April 42 2 10 Slee...

"Cloud" health-care workers.

Certain bacteria dispersed by health-care workers can cause hospital infections. Asymptomatic health-care workers colonized rectally, vaginally, or on the skin with group A streptococci have caused outbreaks of surgical site infection by airborne dispersal. Outbreaks have been associated with skin colonization or viral upper respiratory tract infection in a phenomenon of airborne dispersal of S...