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Article: COVID-19 as a Recognized Work-Related Disease: The Current Situation Worldwide.

Sandal, Abdulsamet / Yildiz, Ali N

2021 Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 136–138

Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is a newly emerging infectious disease worldwide, can be categorized as an occupational disease, because employees, particularly in the healthcare system, can be infected at the workplace. As of December 15, ... ...

Abstract	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is a newly emerging infectious disease worldwide, can be categorized as an occupational disease, because employees, particularly in the healthcare system, can be infected at the workplace. As of December 15, 2020, we summarized the occupational safety and health practices in selected countries on the recognition of COVID-19 as one of the occupational risks. The situation has differed among countries, including the recognition status and whether a specific regulation existed. International organizations, namely the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, and European Union, should plan and conduct studies on the work-relatedness of COVID-19, propose criteria for recognition, and add the infection to the occupational disease list to provide a basis for specific country regulations. Stakeholders should also act to adjust country-level legislation.
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-01-22
Publishing country	Korea (South)
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2592798-X
ISSN	2093-7997 ; 2093-7911
ISSN (online)	2093-7997
ISSN	2093-7911
DOI	10.1016/j.shaw.2021.01.001
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Article ; Online: COVID-19 as a Recognized Work-Related Disease

Abdulsamet Sandal / Ali N. Yildiz

Safety and Health at Work, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 136-

The Current Situation Worldwide

2021 Volume 138

Abstract	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is a newly emerging infectious disease worldwide, can be categorized as an occupational disease, because employees, particularly in the healthcare system, can be infected at the workplace. As of December 15, 2020, we summarized the occupational safety and health practices in selected countries on the recognition of COVID-19 as one of the occupational risks. The situation has differed among countries, including the recognition status and whether a specific regulation existed. International organizations, namely the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, and European Union, should plan and conduct studies on the work-relatedness of COVID-19, propose criteria for recognition, and add the infection to the occupational disease list to provide a basis for specific country regulations. Stakeholders should also act to adjust country-level legislation.
Keywords	COVID-19 ; Occupational infectious disease ; Workers' compensation ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
Subject code	320
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Elsevier
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article ; Online: Perspective of Workers" Union Representatives on COVID-19 Measures in Turkish Workplaces in the First Year of the Pandemic

Defne Kalaycı / Abdulsamet Sandal / Mümine Yüksel / Ali Naci Yıldız

Balkan Medical Journal, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 124-

2023 Volume 130

Abstract: Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the virus causing coronavirus disease-2019, is a biological hazard in workplaces. Thus, protective measures should be applied. Despite their potential role, the perspective of workplace ... ...

Abstract	Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the virus causing coronavirus disease-2019, is a biological hazard in workplaces. Thus, protective measures should be applied. Despite their potential role, the perspective of workplace representatives on coronavirus disease-2019 measures is rarely investigated. Aims: To assess the perspective of workplace union representatives on coronavirus disease-2019 measures in their workplaces in the first year of the pandemic in Turkey. Study Design: A descriptive observational study. Methods: This national descriptive study included workplace chief representatives of 33 workers’ unions. A 42-item electronic survey was used to collect data to evaluate the practice of job organization, social distancing and personal protective equipment use, sanitization, and occupational safety and health training. Results: The study included 509 workplace chief representatives’ responses. Results showed that several administrative measures, including suspending production or work, encouraging workers to take leave, implementing alternate work schedules, isolating any coronavirus disease-2019 case from other workers in a designated room, and avoiding face-to-face meetings, were not available in more than half of the workplaces. The mean number of available measures was significantly high (p < 0.001) in the industrial sector and workplaces with 250 or more workers. Almost all union representatives (98.8%) reported at least one diagnosis of coronavirus disease-2019 among workers, and 12.6% reported a positive history of coronavirus disease-2019-related mortality. The regression model for any history of coronavirus disease-2019 mortality in workers demonstrated a significantly increased association with workplaces with 250 or more workers compared with workplaces with less than 250 workers (odds ratio =2.99, 95% confidence interval =1.65-5.44, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The results indicate failure in administrative measures and the need for improvement in medium- and ...
Keywords	Medicine ; R
Subject code	650
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Galenos Publishing House
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Article ; Online: The Perspective of the Turkish Thoracic Society Members on Institutional Preparedness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey.

Sandal, Abdulsamet / Töreyin, Zehra Nur / Saltürk, Cüneyt / Arbak, Peri Meram

Turkish thoracic journal

2022 Volume 22, Issue 4, Page(s) 317–323

Abstract: Objective: We aimed to evaluate the perspective of the Turkish Thoracic Society (TTS) members regarding institutional preparedness, in terms of administrative measures and availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), in the first and third ... ...

Abstract	Objective: We aimed to evaluate the perspective of the Turkish Thoracic Society (TTS) members regarding institutional preparedness, in terms of administrative measures and availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), in the first and third months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Turkey. Material and methods: A 22-item online survey was e-mailed between the first and third months to TTS members, and participants' responses were evaluated. Results: The number of participants was 295 in the first survey and 141 in the second. In the second survey, the percentage of answers implying availability increased in all 18 control measures, 16 of which were statistically significant. However, there were still less than half of the respondents who reported the availability of psychological and behavioral support and some PPE, including respirators, facial protectors, goggles, and gowns. Statistical significance was observed for provision of a waiting area (P = .008), rooms for aerosol-generating procedures (P = .042), and special wards for patients with suspected or definite COVID-19 (P < .001); testing healthcare workers (HCWs) with a history of contact with a COVID-19 case (P < .001); and surveillance of symptomatic HCWs (P = .048), between tertiary vs. primary and secondary healthcare facilities in the first survey, but provision of special wards (P = .002) and supply for aprons (P = .027) in the second survey. Conclusion: Our results showed an improvement in control measures in the third month of the pandemic. However, the persistent low availability of psychological and behavioral support and several items of PPE pointed out the need for action. Considering the health and safety of HCWs, the control measures should be actively monitored and deficiencies eliminated.
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-01-30
Publishing country	Turkey
Document type	Journal Article
ISSN	2149-2530
ISSN (online)	2149-2530
DOI	10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2021.20296
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Article ; Online: COVID-19 in Turkish health care workers practicing chest medicine

Abdulsamet Sandal / Zehra Nur Toreyin / Cuneyt Salturk / Peri Meram Arbak

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Vol 67, Iss 10, Pp 1472-

2021 Volume 1479

Abstract: SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the data of Turkish health care workers practicing chest medicine on their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and related parameters. METHODS: This descriptive study included online survey data that ...

Abstract	SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the data of Turkish health care workers practicing chest medicine on their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and related parameters. METHODS: This descriptive study included online survey data that the Turkish Thoracic Society conducted with its members in two phases starting in June and December 2020. The 33-item survey included demographic data, smoking status, the presence of any chronic diseases, occupation, working status, and non–work-related and work-related COVID-19 exposure characteristics. RESULTS: Of 742 responses, 299 (40.3%) reported that they had contracted COVID-19. The second survey detected a higher frequency of health care workers who had contracted COVID-19 (12.1% versus 57.4%, p<0.001) than the first survey. The analysis of the association between study parameters and COVID-19 in health care workers using logistic regression revealed statistical significance with working at the onset of the outbreak (OR 3.76, 95%CI 1.09–12.98, p=0.036), not working at the time of survey (OR 5.69, 95%CI 3.35–9.67, p<0.001), COVID-19 history in colleagues (OR 2.27, 95%CI 1.51–3.41, p<0.001), any non–work-related COVID-19 exposure (OR 4.72, 95%CI 2.74–8.14, p<0.001), COVID-19 exposure at home (OR 6.52, 95%CI 3.52–12.08, p<0.001), and COVID-19 history in family members (OR 8.16, 95%CI 5.52–12.08, p<0.001) after adjusting for age and sex. The study also observed an inverse relationship between the use of aprons and goggles and COVID-19 in health care workers. CONCLUSION: Occupational and nonoccupational characteristics are related to COVID-19 in health care workers practicing chest medicine. Therefore, active surveillance to detect health care workers contracting COVID-19 and to document and control occupational and nonoccupational risks should be provided.
Keywords	COVID-19 ; Occupational health ; Health personnel ; Occupational medicine ; Occupational diseases ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920
Subject code	360
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Associação Médica Brasileira
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Article ; Online: Rapid diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma and its discrimination from lung cancer and benign exudative effusions using blood serum.

Yonar, Dilek / Severcan, Mete / Gurbanov, Rafig / Sandal, Abdulsamet / Yilmaz, Ulku / Emri, Salih / Severcan, Feride

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease

2022 Volume 1868, Issue 10, Page(s) 166473

Abstract: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), an aggressive cancer associated with exposure to fibrous minerals, can only be diagnosed in the advanced stage because its early symptoms are also connected with other respiratory diseases. Hence, understanding the ... ...

Abstract	Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), an aggressive cancer associated with exposure to fibrous minerals, can only be diagnosed in the advanced stage because its early symptoms are also connected with other respiratory diseases. Hence, understanding the molecular mechanism and the discrimination of MPM from other lung diseases at an early stage is important to apply effective treatment strategies and for the increase in survival rate. This study aims to develop a new approach for characterization and diagnosis of MPM among lung diseases from serum by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) coupled with multivariate analysis. The detailed spectral characterization studies indicated the changes in lipid biosynthesis and nucleic acids levels in the malignant serum samples. Furthermore, the results showed that healthy, benign exudative effusion, lung cancer, and MPM groups were successfully separated from each other by applying principal component analysis (PCA), support vector machine (SVM), and especially linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to infrared spectra.
MeSH term(s)	Biomarkers, Tumor ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Lung Neoplasms/pathology ; Mesothelioma/diagnosis ; Mesothelioma/pathology ; Mesothelioma, Malignant ; Pleural Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Pleural Neoplasms/pathology ; Serum
Chemical Substances	Biomarkers, Tumor
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-06-23
Publishing country	Netherlands
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ZDB-ID	60-7
ISSN	1879-260X ; 1879-2596 ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650 ; 0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
ISSN (online)	1879-260X ; 1879-2596 ; 1872-8006 ; 1879-2642 ; 1879-2618 ; 1879-2650
ISSN	0006-3002 ; 0005-2728 ; 0005-2736 ; 0304-4165 ; 0167-4838 ; 1388-1981 ; 0167-4889 ; 0167-4781 ; 0304-419X ; 1570-9639 ; 0925-4439 ; 1874-9399
DOI	10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166473
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Article ; Online: Reply to letter to the editor: ''Predicting long-term mortality after acute pulmonary embolism: One issue, multiple faces''.

Sandal, Abdulsamet / Korkmaz, Elif Tuğçe / Aksu, Funda / Köksal, Deniz / Selçuk, Ziya Toros / Demir, Ahmet Uğur / Emri, Salih / Çöplü, Lütfi

Anatolian journal of cardiology

2022 Volume 26, Issue 1, Page(s) 77–78

MeSH term(s)	Acute Disease ; Humans ; Pulmonary Embolism
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-02-22
Publishing country	Turkey
Document type	Letter ; Comment
ZDB-ID	2278670-3
ISSN	2149-2271 ; 2149-2271
ISSN (online)	2149-2271
ISSN	2149-2271
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Article ; Online: COVID-19 in Turkish health care workers practicing chest medicine.

Sandal, Abdulsamet / Toreyin, Zehra Nur / Salturk, Cuneyt / Arbak, Peri Meram

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)

2021 Volume 67, Issue 10, Page(s) 1472–1479

Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the data of Turkish health care workers practicing chest medicine on their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and related parameters.: Methods: This descriptive study included online survey data that ... ...

Abstract	Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the data of Turkish health care workers practicing chest medicine on their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and related parameters. Methods: This descriptive study included online survey data that the Turkish Thoracic Society conducted with its members in two phases starting in June and December 2020. The 33-item survey included demographic data, smoking status, the presence of any chronic diseases, occupation, working status, and non-work-related and work-related COVID-19 exposure characteristics. Results: Of 742 responses, 299 (40.3%) reported that they had contracted COVID-19. The second survey detected a higher frequency of health care workers who had contracted COVID-19 (12.1% versus 57.4%, p<0.001) than the first survey. The analysis of the association between study parameters and COVID-19 in health care workers using logistic regression revealed statistical significance with working at the onset of the outbreak (OR 3.76, 95%CI 1.09-12.98, p=0.036), not working at the time of survey (OR 5.69, 95%CI 3.35-9.67, p<0.001), COVID-19 history in colleagues (OR 2.27, 95%CI 1.51-3.41, p<0.001), any non-work-related COVID-19 exposure (OR 4.72, 95%CI 2.74-8.14, p<0.001), COVID-19 exposure at home (OR 6.52, 95%CI 3.52-12.08, p<0.001), and COVID-19 history in family members (OR 8.16, 95%CI 5.52-12.08, p<0.001) after adjusting for age and sex. The study also observed an inverse relationship between the use of aprons and goggles and COVID-19 in health care workers. Conclusion: Occupational and nonoccupational characteristics are related to COVID-19 in health care workers practicing chest medicine. Therefore, active surveillance to detect health care workers contracting COVID-19 and to document and control occupational and nonoccupational risks should be provided.
MeSH term(s)	COVID-19 ; Disease Outbreaks ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Surveys and Questionnaires
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-10-22
Publishing country	Brazil
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	731969-1
ISSN	1806-9282 ; 0104-4230 ; 0004-5241 ; 0102-843X
ISSN (online)	1806-9282
ISSN	0104-4230 ; 0004-5241 ; 0102-843X
DOI	10.1590/1806-9282.20210667
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Article ; Online: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Work-Related Asthma in Hospital Cleaning Workers

Seval Müzeyyen Ecin / Abdulsamet Sandal / Sultan Pınar Çetintepe / Adem Koyuncu / Özlem Kar Kurt / Ali Naci Yıldız / Ahmet Uğur Demir

Turkish Thoracic Journal, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 203-

2022 Volume 209

Keywords	Internal medicine ; RC31-1245
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: Perspective of Workers’ Union Representatives on COVID-19 Measures in Turkish Workplaces in the First Year of the Pandemic

Kalaycı, Defne / Sandal, Abdülsamet / Yüksel, Mümine / Yıldız, Ali Naci

Balkan medical journal

2023 Volume 40, Issue 2, Page(s) 124–130

Abstract	Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the virus causing coronavirus disease-2019, is a biological hazard in workplaces. Thus, protective measures should be applied. Despite their potential role, the perspective of workplace representatives on coronavirus disease-2019 measures is rarely investigated. Aims: To assess the perspective of workplace union representatives on coronavirus disease-2019 measures in their workplaces in the first year of the pandemic in Turkey. Study design: A descriptive observational study. Methods: This national descriptive study included workplace chief representatives of 33 workers’ unions. A 42-item electronic survey was used to collect data to evaluate the practice of job organization, social distancing and personal protective equipment use, sanitization, and occupational safety and health training. Results: The study included 509 workplace chief representatives’ responses. Results showed that several administrative measures, including suspending production or work, encouraging workers to take leave, implementing alternate work schedules, isolating any coronavirus disease-2019 case from other workers in a designated room, and avoiding face-to-face meetings, were not available in more than half of the workplaces. The mean number of available measures was significantly high (p < 0.001) in the industrial sector and workplaces with 250 or more workers. Almost all union representatives (98.8%) reported at least one diagnosis of coronavirus disease-2019 among workers, and 12.6% reported a positive history of coronavirus disease-2019-related mortality. The regression model for any history of coronavirus disease-2019 mortality in workers demonstrated a significantly increased association with workplaces with 250 or more workers compared with workplaces with less than 250 workers (odds ratio =2.99, 95% confidence interval =1.65-5.44, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The results indicate failure in administrative measures and the need for improvement in medium- and small-sized workplaces and the non-industrial sector. All local and national stakeholders need to pay special attention to address these issues. Future studies should evaluate on-site coronavirus disease-2019 workplace measures and their effectiveness.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Turkey/epidemiology ; Workplace ; SARS-CoV-2
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-02-07
Publishing country	Turkey
Document type	Observational Study ; Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2612982-6
ISSN	2146-3131 ; 2146-3131
ISSN (online)	2146-3131
ISSN	2146-3131
DOI	10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2022-10-116
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