background: prompt diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis (tb) infection (ltbi) are needed to control tb. the aim of the study was to compare the performance of quanti feron-tb test (qft) with conventional tst for the diagnosis of ltbi. methods: in this analytical - comparison study, we enrolled 87 nurses working in teaching hospitals in ahvaz. all study subjects were tested by tst.  ts...

Background and Aim: Health workers are the most fundamental element of the health system whose mission is to improve the health of the rural community. Assessing and measuring the level of health is one of the important health issues. Health is a broad concept with multiple dimensions. Physical, mental and social health among these three, social health is a concept that has become increasingly ...

background: health care workers are facing certain occupational hazards because of sharp injury and exposure to human blood and body fluids as a result of handling wastes. though much attention is paid for the protection of these workers, the number of exposures and injuries do not show a sign of decline from time to time. objective: to examine the occurrence of sharp injury and exposure to blo...

background: fluoride is used increasingly in a variety of industries in india. emission of fluoride dust and fumes from the smelters of primary aluminum producing industries is dissipated in the work environment and poses occupational health hazards. objective: to study the prevalence of health complaints and its association with fluoride level in body fluids of smelter workers in a primary alu...

the main purposes of this study were to investigate health problems and their associated risk factors among employees of iranian petrochemical industries. this cross-sectional study was carried out at 21 iranian petrochemical companies. study population consisted of 3580 workers (including 44.2% shift workers and 55.8% day workers). data on personal details, shift schedule and health problems w...

effect of health education program on knowledge and   attitude of khoy health workers about prevention   and control of diabetes     r. zakariaee [1] , a. aineri [2] , a. didarlou [3] , a. khorami [4]     abstract:   history & objective: diabetes, is a worldwide problem that has dangerous effects on people, families and communities health. thus, in the present study, we have evaluated effect of...