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Towards an integrated approach on occupational health to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
Ribeiro, Edna; Oliveira, Ketlyn; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Pimenta, Raquel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Abreu, RenatoBackground: Serological screening is crucial for the prevention of infection, ensuring the maintenance of the worker’s health, and thus promoting occupational health. It was reported that SARS-CoV-2 can survive in aerosols and on dry surfaces for several days to weeks. Objectives: We aimed to apply an integrated approach to Occupational Health to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: We performed...
Detection of dengue virus and chikungunya virus in wastewater in Portugal: an e...
Monteiro, Sílvia; Pimenta, Raquel; Nunes, Filipa; Cunha, Mónica V.; Santos, RicardoBackground The global distribution and prevalence of arboviral diseases have increased in recent years, driven by factors such as climate change, biodiversity loss, globalisation, and urbanisation. These diseases are often underestimated due to uneven surveillance and unreported asymptomatic cases. Current surveillance relies on vector and clinical surveillance. In this study, we aimed to explore wastewater-bas...
Fungal contamination assessment in healthcare environments: a bibliographic review
Pimenta, Raquel; Gomes, Bianca; Dias, Marta; Viegas, CarlaIn Healthcare environments fungal presence depends on the medical activities performed, number and types of patients, cleaning frequency and procedures, and the type of ventilation systems. The aim of this review article was to identify different methodologies applied to assess fungal contamination in Healthcare environments, as well as to describe the most reported fungi in these environments. This study was b...
Microbial contamination in firefighter headquarters’: a neglected occupational ...
Viegas, Carla; Gomes, Bianca; Pimenta, Raquel; Dias, Marta; Cervantes, Renata; Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Carolino, Elisabete; Twarużek, MagdalenaOne of the occupational environments that need intervention to overcome the lack of information concerning exposure to biological agents is the Firefighter Headquarters’ (FFH). This study intends to assess the microbial contamination in Portuguese FFH with a multi-approach protocol for sampling and analyses using active (air samples by impaction and impingement) and passive (surface swabs collected as swabs, se...
Microbiological contamination assessment in higher education institutes
Viegas, Carla; Pimenta, Raquel; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Brito, Miguel; Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Carolino, Elisabete; Gomes, Anita Q.The higher education sector represents a unique environment and it acts as a work environment, a learning environment for students, and frequently, also a home environment. The aim of this study was to determine the microbial contamination (SARS-CoV-2, fungi, and bacteria) in Higher Education Facilities (HEI) by using active and passive sampling methods and combining culture-based methods with molecular tools t...
Pediatria oncológica: o olhar dos profissionais hospitalares em torno das vivên...
Melo, Ana Sofia; Caires, Susana; Machado, Marta; Pimenta, RaquelEpidemiological data on pediatric oncology reveal that scientific advance in this arena has greatly increased the chances of a cure. With the gradual increase in survival rates, there is no longer an exclusive focus on the imminent death of the child, and pediatric cancer is now considered a chronic disease. For that reason, the authors recently developed an exploratory study focused on the coping and adaptatio...