BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious agent causing congenital sensorineural hearing loss and psychomotor retardation. CMV vaccine is currently unavailable and treatment options in pregnancy are limited. Susceptible pregnant women caring for children are at high risk for primary infection. CMV educational and hygienic measures have the potential to prevent primary maternal ...

Since the antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages, physicians had been observing the harmful effects and the illnesses in people who worked in manufacture and/or mining. They would draw attention to such effects and propose solutions which often entailed improvement of working conditions and environment. The ancient physicians from Varazdin had been familiar with such literature, accepted the ...

Users of occupational exposure limits (OELs) often fail to distinguish between the complementary processes of risk assessment and exposure (risk) management. The former refers to those activities that lead to the selection of a reasonably protective exposure limit and often includes an analysis of exposure databases and an evaluation of group-based risk. The latter focuses on individual risk, a...

Throughout his 94 years of life, Carmine Melino brilliantly pursued different professional paths, his life being a constant stimulus for students, colleagues, friends and the family. Following the early formative years of study, here, we briefly list his scientific achievements in Occupational Medicine and Hygiene as well as his broad literary interests. Carmine was an inspiration to his genera...

Laboratory animal allergy (LAA) is a significant occupational disease that may affect up to one third of personnel exposed to laboratory animals. Research has characterized the relative risks of exposure, in terms of intensity, frequency, and duration, associated with given tasks and work areas in the animal facility. Studies have shown that reduced exposure to animal allergens can reduce the i...

Controlling hygiene conditions and the state of health on incoming vessels and in ports are the tasks of port health authorities. In Hamburg, the respective department (also responsible for the local airport) is combined with the research department Maritime Medicine. Both departments represent the Hamburg Port Health Center and are part of the Central Institute and Professorship of Occupationa...

BACKGROUND Awareness about lead poisoning in South Korea has increased; however, occupational exposures occurring in small-scale businesses have not been thoroughly investigated. We report two cases of high lead exposure in a leaded bronze ingot foundry. CASE PRESENTATION Two employees, a 54-year-old primary operator and a 46-year-old assistant, at a small-scale metalworking company who had b...

Background: Occupational contact dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin caused by materials found in work environment. Purpose: To determine factors associated with Complaints Contact Dermatitis among Motorcycle Workshop Workers Kelurahan Kembangan Selatan and Utara, Jakarta 2021. Method: This research a descriptive-analytic study cross-sectional design. The population this motorcycle repair...

Allan W. Ader, Ph.D., DABT, Principal Toxicologist, John P. Farris, B.S., CIH, President and Managing Principal, and Robert H. Ku, Ph.D., DABT, Principal Toxicologist, are the founders of SafeBridge Consultants, Inc. (SafeBridge), 1924 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, California, USA. SafeBridge is a health and safety consulting firm to the pharmaceutical and chemical industry with services ...