Albert Nienhaus

..We assessed the occupational hazards in veterinary practice by analysing accident insurance data in order to stimulate strategies to prevent occupational accidents and diseases in veterinarians and their staff...

..Little experience is currently available on the performance of the IGRA when testing HCW for LTBI. Therefore the aim of the study was to compare the IGRA with the TST in testing HCW for LTBI...

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..To investigate the occupational risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection in a low-incidence setting, data from a prospective study of patients with culture-confirmed TB conducted in Hamburg, Germany, from 1997 to 2002 were evaluated...

..BCG-vaccination can confound tuberculin skin test (TST) reactions in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection...

..Using French cut-offs for the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST), results of the TST were compared with the results of an Interferon-gamma Release Assay (IGRA) in Healthcare Workers (HCW) after contact to AFB-positive TB patients...

..The objective of the present study was to evaluate an IGRA in comparison to the TST and to identify risk factors for test positivity...

..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...

..Previous studies were mainly based on questionnaire data. Objective data does not exist. Therefore the aim of this investigation is to collect precise data relating to work of educators...

..In addition reliability and validity data of this instrument will be demonstrated...

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..Aim of this study was to investigate the psychosocial workplace situation for employees in this profession...

..We aimed to compare the risk of influenza infection in healthcare workers in acute hospital care with that in non-healthcare workers over the same season...

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..To that end, this study's purpose is to compare how physicians, working for both public and privatized hospitals, rate their respective psychosocial working conditions and job satisfaction...

..In view of this, the aim of this study was to examine the frequency and consequences of aggressive behaviour towards nurses and health care workers in different health sectors in Germany and to assess the need for preventive measures...

..In an ongoing evaluation study of the interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) LTBI prevalence in HCWs is 10 %. Prevention strategies in Germany should be reconsidered in the light of these new findings...

..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...

..Therefore we assessed to which extent discordant results can be explained by potential risk factors such as age, BCG vaccination and migration...

..Standardisation of the documents must also be improved, to allow international comparisons between the systems...

..The proportion of hairdressers using gloves and applying skin care doubled. Therefore the rehabilitation programme appears to be successful regarding the ability of hairdressers to cope with skin problems...

..The present study examined whether this results in an increased prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in healthcare workers (HCW) in geriatric care, using other HCW as comparison group...

..But so far only limited experience is available regarding the performance of these IGRAs especially in occupational medicine when used for screening healthcare workers (HCW)...

..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...

..This paper gives an overview of MRSA prevalence in hospitals and other healthcare institutions in non-outbreak situations in Western Europe...

..It was the aim of the study to determine the prevalence and putative risk factors of LTBI...

..But owing to small sample sizes of the studies and the resulting lack of statistical power, the results of these studies have been inconsistent and significant associations have rarely been found...

..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...

..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...

..An additional objective was to record the proportion of older employees with a health- and occupation-related impairment...

..Furthermore, the influence of several factors on the occurrence of sagittal trunk inclinations in nurses was investigated...

..However, awkward body postures alone, without load transfer, can also be stressful for the spinal column. Therefore in this study all the body postures and movements of nurses were quantitatively measured within a working shift...

..At the end, a practical example is used to illustrate the issue and to demonstrate what actual shape the implementation at the different facilities can take...

..Health care workers have an increased risk of occupational dermatosis...

..There are hints indicating that the Staff Observation Aggression Scale-Revised (SOAS-R) is the most suitable tool to record aggressive behaviour prospectively across all fields in the health care sector...

..The Osnabrück Hand Eczema Severity Index (OHSI) is a scoring system for the assessment of the severity of hand eczema (HE)...

..The relatively small number of research examinations into the influence of leaders' behaviour on the health and well-being of their staff shows that there is a need for additional research...

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..With Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA), a new method for diagnosis of LTBI is available which is more specific than the tuberculin skin test (TST)...

..In this cross-sectional study the association between psychosocial stress, demoralization and the consumption of psychotropic substances in veterinarians was examined using data from a sample of 1,060 subjects (52.7% response)...

..The present study accordingly investigates the prevalence in the lumbar and cervical spine and determines the physical workload to lifting and caring in geriatric care...

..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...

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..BACKGROUNG: As the number of dialysis patients increases, the psychological stress and strain suffered by dialysis personnel is of growing importance. For this reason a systematic review of the international literature was performed...

..Implementation of specific risk assessment analyses of stress at work and regular training in dealing with aids could help to support the use of aids for geriatric in-patients...

..Moderately elevated GPT was observed during the first months. A normal liver was seen in pre- and post-natal sonography. Therefore it is likely that the increased liver enzymes were caused by the chemotherapy of the mother...

..However, their prognostic value for progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active TB has yet to be established...

..Musculoskeletal disorders are a widespread affliction in the nursing profession. Back or neck-pain-related disability of nursing staff is mainly attributed to physical and psychosocial risk factors...

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..Several studies point to a potential aetiological relevance to dementia of exposure to low-frequency magnetic fields, but the evidence is inconclusive...

..There is a need for large population-based studies with precise definition of exposure, which should include molecular epidemiologic methods in the investigation of occupational risk factors of tuberculosis...

..It could be demonstrated that the use of the OHSI is simple and practicable. The interobserver reliability for the summary score is good. OHSI seems a reliable tool for assessing the severity of occupational hand eczema...