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Publikováno v:
Workplace Health & Safety. 68:171-181
Background: Previous studies have discovered that the utilization of sliding sheets in patient care is a valuable technique for repositioning bedridden patients compared with traditional cotton sheets or carriers. Our aim was to examine the effects o
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Applied ergonomics. 60
Repositioning of passive patients in bed creates health risks to the nursing personnel. Therefore, appropriate assistive devices should be used. Our aim was to find the optimal assistive device for reducing musculoskeletal load while moving a passive
Autor:
G. Ribak, Joseph Ribak
Publikováno v:
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 52:S82-S90
Grunerite asbestos (amosite) has been shown in epidemiological and experimental animal studies to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis commonly referred to as asbestosis. An overview of the human and experimental animal studies desc
Publikováno v:
Workplace healthsafety. 63(5)
Repositioning patients in bed to promote comfort and prevent impairments caused by continuously lying in a prone position is a task frequently performed by nurses and nursing assistants. Repositioning is a high-risk activity, frequently causing occup
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International Journal of Nursing Studies. 41:713-719
The study compares aspects of the career development of working nurses, graduates of a BA degree program, which runs on two tracks--university (UG) and college (CG). Two hundred nurses participated in the study, 86 of them (43%) UG and 114 (57%) CG.
Autor:
Paolo Boffetta, Rainer Frentzel-Beyme, Igor Burstyn, Dick Heederik, Judith Shaham, Isabelle Stücker, Bengt Järvholm, Sverre Langård, Wolfgang Ahrens, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Mariëtte Hooiveld, Ole Svane, Britt G. Randem, Hans Kromhout, Timo Partanen, Timo Kauppinen, Hiltrud Merzenich, Pirjo Heikkilä, Joseph Ribak
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 43:3-17
BACKGROUND: An exposure matrix (EM) for known and suspected carcinogens was required for a multicenter international cohort study of cancer risk and bitumen among asphalt workers. METHODS: Production characteristics in companies enrolled in the study
Publikováno v:
Work (Reading, Mass.). 11(3)
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is generally recognized as a respiratory irritant, but its effects if any at low levels of exposure are uncertain. We studied 38 power station technicians exposed to 0.8 ppm (parts per million) 8-h weighted levels of sulfur dioxi
Publikováno v:
Work (Reading, Mass.). 11(3)
In the following study, we examined the possible relationship between acute and chronic measures of lead exposure and total white cell blood counts in 94 workers in a lead-battery plant who were followed-up from 1980 to 1993. Acute measures of lead e
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Cancer Nursing. 24:212-219
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and health beliefs on their behavior and their actual usage of safety measures while handling cytotoxic drugs in their daily work surroundings. The Health Bel
Autor:
Refael Segal, Gideon Flusser, Dan Caspi, Joseph Ribak, Beno Habot, Michael Yaron, Arthur Leibovitz, Irena Farber
Publikováno v:
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 30:321-331
Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand is common in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to characterize OA frequency, severity, and distribution and to trace interrelationships between these findings and the demographic, occupational, and