Background By profession, healthcare workers (HCWs) attend to clients and patients
through a variety of preventive and curative services. However, while their attention is …

Medical waste represents a significant health risk and an environmental pollution concern
due to its hazardous characteristics. The knowledge and practice of healthcare personnel in …

The social burden of unsafe and unhealthy workplaces is extremely high, with more than a
billion victims of work-related illnesses per year, but a unified and comparable view of …

Sound pressure levels were monitored in a general hospital, in Greece, at ten indoor
locations and at three outdoor locations, in the yard of the building. The selected indoor …

Background Healthcare workers operate in an environment, that in relation to exposure to
biological hazards is considered to be a hazardous occupational setting, compared to other …

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a highly contagious pathogen that has become a
severe public health problem and a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in …

We developed an evidence-based continuous quality improvement (CQI) cycle for
laboratory safety as a method of utilizing survey data to improve safety in a public health …

Hospital workers are exposed to many occupational hazards that may threaten their health
and safety. Physical hazards encountered in hospital working environment include …

In hospital buildings, such as in other large and multi-purpose buildings, a wide variety of
work environments can be distinguished, each of which characterized by specific visual …

The present study aimed to investigate the risk of symptomatological complaints resulting
from exposure to indoor environmental quality variables in intensive care units (ICUs) and to …