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| Albert NienhausSummaryAffiliation: University of Hamburg Country: Germany Publications
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[Burnout among elderly care staff. A review of its prevalence]A Nienhaus
Institut für Versorgungsforschung in der Dermatologie und bei Pflegeberufen, Universitatsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 55:211-22. 2012..There are contradictory findings regarding the correlation between burnout and sociodemographic aspects (e.g., age and gender) as well as burnout and the type of care institution, working hours, and violence perpetrated by patients...- Serial testing with the interferon-? release assay in Portuguese healthcare workersJosé Torres Costa
Occupational Health Division, Hospital S Joao, Alameda Professor Hernani Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 84:461-9. 2011..However, data concerning conversion and reversion rates in serial testing of healthcare workers (HCWs) with an interferon-? release assay are sparse... - Systematic review of cost and cost-effectiveness of different TB-screening strategiesAlbert Nienhaus
University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Institute for Health Service Research in Dermatology and Nursing Hamburg, Germany
BMC Health Serv Res 11:247. 2011..The objective of this report was to undertake a structured review and critical appraisal of the methods used for the model-based cost-effectiveness analysis of TB screening programmes... - Fertility disorders and pregnancy complications in hairdressers - a systematic reviewClaudia Peters
Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistr, 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
J Occup Med Toxicol 5:24. 2010..This exposure can impair health and may be present as skin and respiratory diseases. Effects on reproduction have long been discussed in the literature... - Screening for tuberculosis and prediction of disease in Portuguese healthcare workersJosé Torres Costa
University Medical Centre Hamburg Eppendorf, Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, Hamburg, Germany
J Occup Med Toxicol 6:19. 2011..abstract:.. - [The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infections among health-care workers--a three-country comparison]A Nienhaus
Institut für Versorgungsforschung in der Dermatologie und bei Pflegeberufen IVDP, Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf, Hamburg
Pneumologie 65:726-9. 2011..A TB network for company doctors was created when interferon-? release assays (IGRAs) were introduced in order to systematically collate their experience with IGRAs in preventive check-ups... - Risk of latent TB infection in individuals employed in the healthcare sector in Germany: a multicentre prevalence studyAnja Schablon
Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, Department of Occupational Health Research, Pappelallee 35 37, Hamburg, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 10:107. 2010..It was the aim of the study to determine the prevalence and putative risk factors of LTBI... - MRSA prevalence in European healthcare settings: a reviewMadeleine Dulon
Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, Department of Occupational Health Research, Pappelallee, Hamburg, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 11:138. 2011..This paper gives an overview of MRSA prevalence in hospitals and other healthcare institutions in non-outbreak situations in Western Europe... - Specificity of a whole blood IGRA in German nursing studentsAnja Schablon
University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Institute for Health Service Research in Dermatology and Nursing Hamburg, Martini Str 42, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 11:245. 2011..However, data on specificity of IGRA in serial testing of HCWs is sparse. Therefore the specificity and the negative predictive value of the IGRA - QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) - in German nursing students was investigated... - Trends in occupational airway diseases in German hairdressers: frequency and causesMadeleine Dulon
BGW Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, Hamburg, Germany
Am J Ind Med 54:486-93. 2011..In the early 1990s, high incidence rates of OAD were observed in German hairdressers. It was expected that modification of formulations would resolve the problem of high OAD rates in hairdressers... - The occupational risk of Helicobacter pylori infection among gastroenterologists and their assistantsClaudia Peters
University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Institute for Health Service Research in Dermatology and Nursing, Hamburg, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 11:154. 2011..The fact that endoscopes are contaminated after being used to perform a gastroscopy leads one to question whether gastroenterologists and endoscopy nurses and assistants run a higher risk of infection... - Within-subject variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific gamma interferon responses in German health care workersFelix C Ringshausen
Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Clin Vaccine Immunol 18:1176-82. 2011..Our data support the use of borderline zones for the interpretation of serial IGRA results and the retesting of borderline positive results before offering preventive chemotherapy... - Results of five-year systematic screening for latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers in PortugalJosé Torres Costa
Occupational Health Division, Hospital S, João, EPE Porto, Portugal
J Occup Med Toxicol 5:22. 2010..The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in HCWs in Portugal using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) was analyzed over a five-year period... - MRSA as an occupational disease: a case seriesFrank Haamann
Institution of Statutory Accident Insurance of the Health and Welfare Services, Pappelallee 35 37, 22089, Hamburg, Germany
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 84:259-66. 2011..However, the number of cases of occupational disease (OD) due to MRSA in healthcare workers (HCWs) and the characteristics of such cases have not been reported for Germany... - Interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of latent TB infection--analysis of discordant results, when compared to the tuberculin skin testAlbert Nienhaus
Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services, Department of Occupational Health Research, Hamburg, Germany
PLoS ONE 3:e2665. 2008..Therefore we assessed to which extent discordant results can be explained by potential risk factors such as age, BCG vaccination and migration... - Prevalence of skin and back diseases in geriatric care nursesMadeleine Dulon
Institution of Statutory Accident Insurance of the Health and Welfare Service, Hamburg, Germany
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 81:983-92. 2008..The prevalence of hand eczema, low back disorders (LBD) and neck/shoulder disorders (NSD) in geriatric nurses and the association of work-related factors with hand eczema, LBD and NSD in geriatric nurses were examined... - Active tuberculosis among health care workers in PortugalJosé Castela Torres da Costa
Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal
J Bras Pneumol 37:636-45. 2011..To determine the incidence of active tuberculosis (TB) in a cohort of health care workers (HCWs)... - Outcome of occupational latex allergy--work ability and quality of lifeAlbert Nienhaus
Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance in the Health and Welfare Services, Hamburg, Germany
PLoS ONE 3:e3459. 2008..The quality of life (QOL) and work ability of health care workers allergic to natural rubber latex (NRL) were assessed after implementation of regulations on powder-free NRL gloves in Germany...