Medical workers of zhytomir oblast and assessment of the risks of their infection with SARS-COV-2 virus in the aspect of safety, occupational hygiene, and infectious control

Objective: We assessed safety, occupational health and infectious control at the institutions of public Zhytomyr oblast Ukraine to improve management risks infection medical personnel with SARS-CoV-2 virus reduce morbidity mortality workers from COVID-19. Materials methods: used bibliographic, hygienic, questionnaire mathematical methods in study. The results our own observations, questionnaires for a survey workers, data Ministry Health Ukraine, Center Public State Service Labour, thematic scientific sources information were as material Results: work involved COVID-19 pandemic overcoming, is classified dangerous (extreme). Besides virus, concomitant physical, chemical factors, high physical neuro-emotional stress affect formation working conditions workers. Nurses (38.57%), junior nurses (26.10%), paramedics (5.37%), general practitioners family medicine (4.85%), surgeons (4.16%), anesthesiologists (2.54%), disease doctors (2.08%), radiologists (1.85%) are among who have been diagnosed an acute Ukraine. Conclusions: main reasons levels include personal carelessness victims; non-use protection equipment if available; focus disease; absence or poor-quality instruction on labour protection; not full provision institutions; shortage epidemiologists, hygienists, pathologists.