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Tuberculosis and Other Airborne Microbes in Occupational Health and Safety

Airborne pathogens and non-malignant infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are highly contagious and can have severe effects on healthcare workers. The symptoms of these diseases take time to manifest, which can prevent workers from noticing that they have been exposed until symptoms appear. The...

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Autores principales: Vaquero-Álvarez, Esther, Cubero-Atienza, Antonio, Ruiz-Martínez, Pilar, Vaquero-Abellán, Manuel, Redel-Macías, María Dolores, Aparicio-Martínez, Pilar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32998210
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197088
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author Vaquero-Álvarez, Esther
Cubero-Atienza, Antonio
Ruiz-Martínez, Pilar
Vaquero-Abellán, Manuel
Redel-Macías, María Dolores
Aparicio-Martínez, Pilar
author_facet Vaquero-Álvarez, Esther
Cubero-Atienza, Antonio
Ruiz-Martínez, Pilar
Vaquero-Abellán, Manuel
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description Airborne pathogens and non-malignant infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are highly contagious and can have severe effects on healthcare workers. The symptoms of these diseases take time to manifest, which can prevent workers from noticing that they have been exposed until symptoms appear. The current paper sought to assess the occupational safety and preventative measures taken in laboratories in Spain, and to compare these measures with those reported by other studies worldwide. A cross-sectional study of workers (35–50 years old) was conducted using a web survey (N = 30), and a bibliometric analysis was carried out in the Scopus database (92 documents were selected). The occupational safety and health measures were inadequate, according to the opinions of the workers. The training (p < 0.01), the amount of work (p < 0.05), and how the workers followed their protocols (p < 0.001) were linked to incidents and exposure to airborne pathogens. The most significant previous publication was a report (848 citations) stating that the previous variables linked to exposure are vital for prevention. Most works focused on countries like the U.S.A. (p = 0.009) were reviews, with a limited number of studies focused on occupational safety.
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spelling pubmed-75794672020-10-29 Tuberculosis and Other Airborne Microbes in Occupational Health and Safety Vaquero-Álvarez, Esther Cubero-Atienza, Antonio Ruiz-Martínez, Pilar Vaquero-Abellán, Manuel Redel-Macías, María Dolores Aparicio-Martínez, Pilar Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Airborne pathogens and non-malignant infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are highly contagious and can have severe effects on healthcare workers. The symptoms of these diseases take time to manifest, which can prevent workers from noticing that they have been exposed until symptoms appear. The current paper sought to assess the occupational safety and preventative measures taken in laboratories in Spain, and to compare these measures with those reported by other studies worldwide. A cross-sectional study of workers (35–50 years old) was conducted using a web survey (N = 30), and a bibliometric analysis was carried out in the Scopus database (92 documents were selected). The occupational safety and health measures were inadequate, according to the opinions of the workers. The training (p < 0.01), the amount of work (p < 0.05), and how the workers followed their protocols (p < 0.001) were linked to incidents and exposure to airborne pathogens. The most significant previous publication was a report (848 citations) stating that the previous variables linked to exposure are vital for prevention. Most works focused on countries like the U.S.A. (p = 0.009) were reviews, with a limited number of studies focused on occupational safety. MDPI 2020-09-28 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7579467/ /pubmed/32998210 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197088 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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