Injunctions against Occupational Hazards: The Right to Work under Safe Conditions

An approach to the problem of violence against healthcare workers: the right to safe and healthy working conditions and to dignity at work.

Occupational hazards to dental staff

Dental professionals are predisposed to a number of occupational hazards. These include exposure to infections (including Human Immunodeficiency Virus and viral hepatitis); percutaneous exposure incidents, dental materials, radiation, and noise; musculoskeletal disorders; psychological problems and dermatitis; respiratory disorders; and eye insults. Percutaneous exposure incidents remain a main...

Occupational hazards to the pregnant orthopaedic surgeon.

The number of female orthopaedic residents and orthopaedic surgeons has increased substantially. Concerns have been raised regarding the effect of the work environment on the health of the female orthopaedic surgeon and her fetus or neonate. Occupational risks, and specifically risks to the pregnant orthopaedic surgeon, are becoming an important issue in medicine. Such risks include exposure to...

Occupational hazards of hospital personnel: assessment of a safe alternative to formaldehyde.

OBJECTIVES Formaldehyde - a chemical widely used to preserve organic tissues in hospitals - is known to be carcinogenic in the long term and to cause breathing-related symptoms in the short term. We have taken advantage of an experiment to quantify this second effect among hospital workers in terms of probability of showing respiratory symptoms with respect to a benchmark in which tissues are p...

occupational hazards to dental staff

dental professionals are predisposed to a number of occupational hazards. these include exposure to infections (including human immunodeficiency virus and viral hepatitis); percutaneous exposure incidents, dental materials, radiation, and noise; musculoskeletal disorders; psychological problems and dermatitis; respiratory disorders; and eye insults. percutaneous exposure incidents remain a main...