[Fast food: an example of multi-ethnic service].

Autogrill is the world's leading provider of food and beverage and retail services for travellers. Because of the peculiarity in the business areas where the Group operates and of the Countries where is present, Autogrill is provided with an organizational structure whose strength is constituted by "multiculture" and by the multiplicity of differences. The knowledge of race, ethnicity, age and gender differences in the health field is a tool for occupational health medicine to warrant wellbeing of all workers in accordance to the legislative decree 81/2008.

[Vaccinations in services of rubbish collection].

Introduction: Till 1963 vaccinations against biological agents are mandatory for street cleaners and workers employed in the service of rubbish collection in Italy.

Materials And Methods: The principal ways to choose the specific and useful vaccine against the potential biological risk are: 1) To make a careful risk assessment--having the knowledge of fixtures and fittings and 2) To analize the injuries story along the time.

Results: No cases of seroconversion showed (1999-2008) in ten years of control in a big public company located in North of Italy where the choice of vaccine for every kind of task is made in reason of the really risk.

[Exanthemic diseases (measles, chickenpox, rubella and parotitis). Focus on screening and health surveillance of health workers: results and perspectives of a multicenter working group].

Background: Nosocomial transmission of varicella-zoster virus, certain paramixovirus and rubivirus might pose a risk of morbidity for varicella (V), rubella (R), mumps (Mu) and measles (Me) in health care workers (HCW), patients and coworkers. International literature and European legislation recommend preventive interventions to minimize the risk.

Methods: A literature review and a seroprevalence study were carried out in 9 hospitals located in north and central Italy, in order to evaluate risk assessment, health surveillance and fitness for work of HCW exposed to V, R, Mu and Me.

[Focus on coverage and promotion of anti influenza vaccine in health workers: results and perspectives of a multicenter working group].

Introduction: The influenza illness is a concern for health care workers (HCW) due to the potential nosocomial transmission and sickness absenteeism. Immunization and Isolation Precautions might be effective preventive measures.

Aims: To formulate recommendations on vaccination in healthcare settings.

[Tuberculosis. Focus on risk assessment and health surveillance in health workers: results and perspectives of a multicenter working group].

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a threat for healthcare workers (HCW), due to the non decreasing incidence, the spread of drug-resistance, the introduction of new tests for the screening, the relevant costs of surveillance of exposed subjects. These issues implicate a revision of activities to prevent TB in health-care settings.

Methods: A multidisciplinary working group, led by occupational physicians, examined the activities to prevent TB performed in 9 Italian hospitals and reviewed the literature, with the aim to formulate evidence-based procedures.