For occupational safety, healthcare workers must select and wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), protective clothing, and masks as countermeasures against exposure to infectious body fluids and blood splash. It is important for healthcare workers to ensure the protective performance of each PPE against penetration of pathogens. The International Standards Organization (ISO) 226...

Introduction: The cement production process uses high technology machines and coal as fuel. potential for fires is huge because in the company there are areas that very vulnerable to such coalmill, preheater, klin areas. purpose of this study describe description causes fires, fire prevention technical efforts, OSH organization field prevention, personal protective equipment (PPE). Methods: met...

OBJECTIVE Numerous barriers to maintaining infection control practices through the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) exist in the emergency department (ED). This study examined the knowledge, self-reported behaviours, and barriers to compliance with infection control practices and the use of PPE in Canadian pediatric EDs. METHODS A self-administered survey instrument consisting of 21...

UNLABELLED When selecting a respirator, it is important to understand how employees' motor, visual and cognitive abilities are impacted by the personal protective equipment. This study compares dust, powered-air-purifying and full-face, negative-pressure respirators. Thirty participants performed three varied tasks. Each participant performed each task without a respirator and while wearing the...

Background: The corona virus (covid-19) pandemic in Indonesia is still growing. Every week the number of infections Covid-19 was 2,273 cases. Where as, 198 them died and 164 people were treated. In fact, among are healthy workers who help treat patients become infected afterward. There a shortage personal protective equipment (PPE) for health Southeast Sulawesi province, especially at Kendari C...

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has touched almost every zone. Personal protective equipment is the last line of preservation healthcare providers. Due to prolonged use PPE, many adverse skin reactions may happen. aim study to: Explore difficulties and Skin Damages Caused by Protective Equipment among Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients. Design: This was Descriptive re...

Hospitals are complex, expert and capital intensive health care institutions. During the Covid-19 pandemic, many cases of workers infected with were described by data on death rates in various countries. The use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for nurses is very influential because it can prevent exposure to infectious diseases. risk contracting disease will increase.The purpose this study ...

This descriptive study evaluates the blood serum levels of relevant pesticides in fern/ornamental and tomato agricultural workers in central and south Florida whose work activity is related to pesticide application or crop maintenance. The objectives of this study are to broadly evaluate pesticide absorption in agricultural workers, assess personal protective equipment (PPE) use and their poten...

BACKGROUND In Germany, the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 occurred among wild birds on the island of Ruegen between February and April 2006. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of recommended protective measures and to measure H5N1-seroprevalence among personnel tasked with bird collection. METHODS Inclusion criteria of our study were participation in ...

Fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations, and as many as 24,000 fishermen around the world suffer fatal injuries or drowning at sea every year. Although fishermen in the European fishing fleet work in harsh and dangerous environments, many fishermen do not use personal protective clothing and buoyancy aids due to reduced work comfort and poor functionality. This emphasizes the importanc...