Publications by authors named "Silvia Zagaria"
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- Italy started checking the health of workers who were exposed to asbestos after it was banned in 1992.
- From 1994 to 2020, over 1,400 former workers were checked, and many were found to have health problems linked to asbestos.
- Even with the ban, diseases caused by asbestos are still a big concern, so it’s important to monitor these workers’ health carefully and efficiently.
This retrospective observational study describes the results of an ad-hoc designated prevention protocol aimed at containing the spread of the scabies infestation among healthcare workers (HCWs) of a large University Hospital in Italy. The outbreak started on October 2022 and a preventive protocol was set up thanks to a multidisciplinary approach. HCWs at high scabies risk were defined as subjects working in Operative Units with a scabies prevalence higher than 2%, close contacts of a confirmed case of scabies, or HCWs with signs and symptoms of the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the study is to determine the radon concentrations in the University Hospital of Bari, Apulia Region, Southern Italy. The monitoring took place from 2017 to 2018 for a total of 402 days and included 3492 premises. Radon environmental sampling was performed with passive dosimeters of the CR-39 type.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: SARS-CoV-2 has infected many healthcare workers and (HCWs) worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine, analyze, and compare the frequency and characteristics of COVID-19 cases among HCWs of the University Hospital of Bari. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted after preventive protocol implementation.
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