ArticleInternational journal of hygiene and environmental health2017
Current asthma and asthma-like symptoms among workers at a Veterans Administration Medical Center.
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- A Qualitative Assessment of Changes in Occupational Exposures Among Healthcare Facility Workers.Workplace health & safety · 2025Article
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- The relationship between cleaning product exposure and respiratory and skin symptoms among healthcare workers in a hospital setting: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Clinical Findings among Patients with Respiratory Symptoms Related to Moisture Damage Exposure at the Workplace-The SAMDAW Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Workplace indoor environmental quality and asthma-related outcomes in healthcare workers.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Article
- Peaks, Means, and Determinants of Real-Time TVOC Exposures Associated with Cleaning and Disinfecting Tasks in Healthcare Settings.Annals of work exposures and health · 2019Article
- Observational cross-sectional study on Symptoms Associated to Moisture DAmage at Workplace: the SAMDAW study protocol.BMJ open · 2019Observational
- Clustering asthma symptoms and cleaning and disinfecting activities and evaluating their associations among healthcare workers.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2019Article
- Occupation and task as risk factors for asthma-related outcomes among healthcare workers in New York City.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2019Article
- Methodological evaluation of human research on asthmagenicity and occupational cleaning: a case study of quaternary ammonium compounds ("quats").Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2019Review
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Abstract
introductionHealthcare workers are at increased risk for respiratory disorders. The purpose of our respiratory health survey was to estimate the prevalence of current asthma and asthma-like symptoms and their association with workplace exposures and tasks among healthcare workers at a Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center. MATERIAL AND
methodsInformation on respiratory health and work characteristics, including tasks performed, products used, and exposures, were collected by questionnaire from a convenience sample of workers employed at the VA Medical Center during 2012-2014. Associations of asthma and asthma-like symptoms with cleaning and disinfecting tasks and products as well as exposure to dampness and molds, and construction dust were evaluated using log-binomial regression.
resultsThe prevalence of current asthma was 17.6% and almost half of all workers reported asthma-like symptoms. We observed elevated prevalence of current asthma among the VA healthcare workers compared to the U.S. general and working adult populations. Asthma and asthma-like symptoms were significantly associated with mold, dampness, and construction material exposures; cleaning and disinfecting products; and cleaning or disinfecting tasks.
conclusionsWorkplace exposures and tasks associated with current asthma and asthma-like symptoms were identified but further research is needed to investigate the temporal association between workplace exposures and current asthma and asthma-like symptoms.
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