Exposure of health care workers to antineoplastic drugs and subsequent adverse health effects is still an open issue. Very little has been studied on the extent of occupational exposure and handling conditions of antineoplastic drugs in Iran. We aimed to determine cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide concentrations in the urine samples of oncology healthcare workers. In addition, we assessed workpla...

introduction: depression as a disorder is relatively common in all societies several factors are involved in depression development, that shift work is one of these factors. this study compared the frequency of depression in different shifts of nurses in hospitals of yazd university of medical sciences. materials & methods: this study is a descriptive analytical study. based on statistical meth...

BACKGROUND Despite concerns as to whether nurses can perform reliably and effectively when working longer shifts, a pattern of two 12- to 13-hour shifts per day is becoming common in many hospitals to reduce shift to shift handovers, staffing overlap, and hence costs. OBJECTIVES To describe shift patterns of European nurses and investigate whether shift length and working beyond contracted ho...

background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are common among employees throughout the world, particularly in high risk groups such as nurses. objective: to determine the prevalence of msds among nurses in a large hospital in ahwaz, southwestern iran, and to examine its correlation with gender, age, shift working, years at service and smoking. methods: using a self-reported questionnaire-based ...

background and objectives: today, 24-hours work is an unavoidable component in several industries. night-work is an imperative situation for an important part of workforces. shift-working is called to work at hours out of usual day-work time (7:00 am to 6:00 pm). the present study was a cross sectional descriptive-analytic research, and was carried out in order to investigate sleepiness and cha...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Irregular and poor quality sleep is common in business process outsourcing (BPO) employees due to continuous shift working. The influence of this on the cardiac autonomic activity was investigated by the spectral analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS 36 night shift BPO employees (working from 22:00 to 06:00h) and 36 age and sex matched day shift BPO emplo...

Exposure of health care workers to antineoplastic drugs and subsequent adverse health effects is still an open issue. Very little has been studied on the extent of occupational exposure and handling conditions of antineoplastic drugs in Iran. We aimed to determine cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide concentrations in the urine samples of oncology healthcare workers. In addition, we assessed workpla...

Background andObjectives: Nurses comprise a majority of healthcare professionals. Therefore, their quality of life can directly impact the performance of health system at different level. The aim of this study was to explore the potential impact of work shift on physical, mental, and social aspects of nurses’ health.   Methods: A sample of 300 nurses from hospitals of the Rasht city situated ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: after conducting a study on shift work and its related health problems in a petrochemical company and recommending a new shift system, the company changed its shift schedule from 12-hour to 8-hour pattern. after a year of implementing this new system, the present study was carried out to evaluate the effects of...