Experts agree that careful cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces are essential
elements of effective infection prevention programs. However, traditional manual cleaning …

Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly
international, comparative treatment of health economics. Offering an analysis of health …

A terceirização acarreta diversas modificações nas atividades e contextos de trabalho, e
impacta, também, a saúde do trabalhador. No entanto, a revisão da literatura aponta que as …

Background In intensive care units (ICUs), inanimate surfaces and equipment may be
contaminated by nosocomial pathogens, including multi-drug-resistant micro-organisms …

To cut costs and maximize profits, hospitals in the United States and many other countries
are outsourcing such tasks as cleaning and food preparation to private contractors. In …

Definimos como personal sanitario a las personas que trabajan en actividades sanitarias,
tengan contacto directo o no con los ciudadanos. En la actualidad, alrededor de 1, 3 …

The provincial health services labor market was fundamentally altered in 2002 with the
introduction of a series of legislative and policy changes enabling the contracting-out, or …

Background Hospital workers have borne a large burden of the COVID-19 pandemic,
exposed to risks of infection, while enduring elevated workloads, increased workplace …

The aim of this article is to present the course of privatization of spa companies in Poland
during the period 2001–2011. We discuss assumptions of the privatization process, as well …

Introduction Health care-associated infections can be reduced through better environmental
disinfection practices. Central to effective disinfection is the environmental service worker …