Bioaerosols in hospital environment: A short review

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Vieira, C (Author) Other; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE II

Pages: 119-124

10th Annual Congress of the Portuguese-Society-of-Occupational-Safety-and-Hygiene on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO)

Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, FEB 13-14, 2014

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Authenticus ID: P-009-4DN

Abstract (EN): Biological hazards are an important occupational health problem. The intention in this article is to present a short review on the exposure of health workers to biological agents transmitted by aerosols. 637 articles were collected, and 41 were selected for analysis. It is recognized that bioaerosols are the cause of several diseases. However, there are difficulties to establish their prevalence and incidence within occupational range. Also there are no official records on occupational infectious diseases or airway that caused the death of health professionals.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6