Assessment of Semi-Quantitative Health Risks of Exposure to Harmful Chemical Agents in the Context of Carcinogenesis in the Latex Glove Manufacturing Industry

Yari, Saeed; Asadi, Ayda Fallah; Varmazyar, Sakineh

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2016.17.s3.205

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“…There are many costs incurred each year due to occupational accidents, in short, most of them are due to lack of safety. Which in addition to financial losses also leaves irreparable spiritual and human losses [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Occupational accidents usually occur in hospitals that may be due to neglect, Failure, carelessness, fatigue or other factors, without prior warning.…”

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The relationship between safety management and patient safety culture in Cancer Treatment Centers

Maher

Monfared

Jafari

2019

Asian Pac J Envi & Cancer

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Introduction: Enhancement of patient safety represents a principle objective followed by any health system, and it is necessary to consistently monitor the patient safety culture among nurses. Adopted by health service providers, the patient safety culture is described as the acceptance and maintenance of the patient safety as a common priority and value across the organization, or representation of the common patient safety-related values, beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes among the staff at centers providing health services, as expressed in their behaviors. Given the importance of this topic, the present research investigates the state of safety management in the relationship between safety management and patient safety culture in Cancer Treatment Centers, so as to study the patient safety culture among the personnel at the hospitals. Methods: The present research plan is an applied study following a descriptive aim via a correlational methodology. Validity of the questionnaires used in this research was confirmed based on opinions of five experts, with the reliability of the results among the observers confirmed by a Cronbach's alpha of 0.86. The statistical population included three training hospitals in the city of Kermanshah, where different departments such as management, operating rooms, nurses, and the committee of safety and incidents were investigated during 2017-2018. Results: Based on the findings of the present research, significant direct relationships were observed between the patient safety culture and safety management variables (e.g., operating room standards assessment, the committee of safety and incidents, hospitalization wards assessment, hospital accreditation score, hospital structure, and hospital organization), and an inverse relationship was obtained between the hospital occupancy rate and the patient safety culture. Conclusion: Determination of safety policies by the management, keeping the personnel well-trained, and continuous reports by the personnel tend to enhance the level of safety across a hospital, thereby adding to the safety culture and productivity of the hospital while reducing potential safety risks. Accordingly, in order to enhance patient safety, it is necessary to adequately invest on the assessment of the safety culture.

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The relationship between safety management and patient safety culture in Cancer Treatment Centers

Maher

Monfared

Jafari

2019

Asian Pac J Envi & Cancer

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“…Nowadays, Information of estimation of human health and environmental risks are incomplete for more than 10,000 existing chemical compounds, and hundreds of other compounds will be added to this amount annually. Also, the potential of most commercially used materials is not quantified for human exposure [13][14]. Moreover, there are many chemicals which were categorized as harmless or cause of few harms for human health, and after evaluation of risk and doing related tests were recognized to be oncogene (such as asbestos), and/or reproductive disorders (such as thalidomide) [13].…”

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Occupational and Environmental Cancer

Yari

Asadi

Nourmohammadi

2018

Asian Pac J Envi & Cancer

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Environmental pollution is one of the main causes of disease, death, and disability worldwide. International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates mortality caused by occupational cancer worldwide to be two times higher than occupational accidents. Approximately, 10 important risk factors account for 85% of all occupational cancers. Factors for occupational cancer includes Asbestos, chemicals such as aniline, chromates, dinitrotoluene, arsenic and its inorganic compounds, beryllium and its compounds, cadmium and nickel compounds, wood dust, crystalline silica, brown coal phosphors, furnace emissions, pollution caused by diesel equipment, Nano-Materials, biological agents, ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation, thermal shock, shift work, stress and work while sitting. Also some other environmental factors can cause cancer which concludes air, water and soil pollutions, smoking, sunlight, radon gas, electromagnetic fields, agriculture, behavior and lifestyle (such as alcohol and tobacco consumption, diet, sleep patterns, personal habits and social and cultural environment behaviors). More than 75% of mortality due to cancer can be avoided via controlling occupational and environmental risk factors. Most of cancers are not hereditary and caused by occupational and environmental biological agents, and are potentially preventable. So, it is recommended that more researches should be performed in this field in order to detect more scientific and effective methods to detect number and type of cancers due to occupational and environmental factors.

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“…However, manufacturing of gloves causes several environmental problems including global warming (GWP), carbon footprint (CF) [5], acidification (AP), photochemical ozone formation (POFP) [6], eutrophication (EP) [7], human toxicity (HTP) [8], and water footprint (WF) [7]. According to the global supply and demand statistic information, this emerging industry expects to grow additional 8.6 % to nine billion dollar in 2024.…”

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Life Cycle Optimization for Synthetic Rubber Glove Manufacturing

2019

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Production of synthetic gloves may cause adverse environmental impacts, including global warming, carbon footprint, acidification, photochemical ozone formation, eutrophication, human toxicity, and water footprint. Thus, life cycle assessment is applied as an environmental management tool to evaluate its environmental impacts. Life cycle optimization is implemented to minimize energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases by proposing five alternative process improvement scenarios. Using electricity generated from biodiesel shows the least environmental impacts as compared to the other alternatives for the production of synthetic gloves. Future economic analysis is needed to evaluate the cost feasibility of these alternatives.

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Assessment of Semi-Quantitative Health Risks of Exposure to Harmful Chemical Agents in the Context of Carcinogenesis in the Latex Glove Manufacturing Industry

Cited by 26 publications

References 17 publications

The relationship between safety management and patient safety culture in Cancer Treatment Centers

The relationship between safety management and patient safety culture in Cancer Treatment Centers

Occupational and Environmental Cancer

Life Cycle Optimization for Synthetic Rubber Glove Manufacturing

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