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  1. Article: Preventing Shift Work Disorder in Shift Health-care Workers.

    d'Ettorre, Gabriele / Pellicani, Vincenza

    Safety and health at work

    2020  Volume 11, Issue 2, Page(s) 244–247

    Abstract: The occurrence of the shift work disorder (SWD) in health-care workers (HCWs) employed in 24/7 hospital wards is a major concern through the world. In accordance with literature, SWD is the most frequent work-related disturb in HCWs working on shift ... ...

    Abstract The occurrence of the shift work disorder (SWD) in health-care workers (HCWs) employed in 24/7 hospital wards is a major concern through the world. In accordance with literature, SWD is the most frequent work-related disturb in HCWs working on shift schedules including night shift. In agreement with the Luxembourg Declaration on workplace health promotion (WHP) in the European Union, a WHP program has been developed in a large Hospital, involving both individual-oriented and organizational-oriented measures, with the aim to prevent the occurrence of SWD in nurses working on shifts including night shift. The objective assessment of rotating shift work risk and the excessive sleepiness were detected before and after the implementation of the WHP program, by using the Rotating Shiftwork-questionnaire and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. The findings of this study showed the effectiveness of the implemented WHP program in minimizing the impact of shift work on workers' health and in preventing the misalignment between sleep-wake rhythm and shift working.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-08
    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.2020.03.007
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  2. Article ; Online: Occupational health surveillance of healthcare workers during COVID 19 pandemic: a narrative review.

    D'Ettorre, Gabriele / Pellicani, Vincenza / Muratore, Massimo / Ceccarelli, Giancarlo

    Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis

    2022  Volume 93, Issue 1, Page(s) e2022007

    Abstract: Background and aims: Current literature has increasingly highlighted the risk of spreading the SARS-COV-2 infection in healthcare settings and showed the need for occupational health surveillance of HCWs during the current epidemiological emergency from ...

    Abstract Background and aims: Current literature has increasingly highlighted the risk of spreading the SARS-COV-2 infection in healthcare settings and showed the need for occupational health surveillance of HCWs during the current epidemiological emergency from COVID-19, as a preventive measure to minimize the spread of the infection. The purpose of this narrative review was to evaluate the literature and discover what the latest developments are about the management of the occupational health surveillance of healthcare workers (HCWs) during COVID-19 pandemic.
    Methods: We searched for publications in MEDLINE, Pubmed and Google Scholar using selected keywords. Each article was reviewed and categorized into one or more of the following three categories based on its subject matter: early diagnosis of COVID-19 in HCWs, detection of worker susceptibility to severe COVID-19, medical examination of HCWs returning to work after COVID-19.
    Results: Selected articles showed the RT-PCR test for Sars-CoV-2 as the gold standard to enable rapid identification of infected HCWs; an effective schedule of occupational health surveillance allows the identification of the susceptibility of the workers to severe Covid-19 and protect HCWs returning to work from the disease.
    Conclusions: The findings of the present narrative review show the need to strenghten the occupational health surveillance of HCWs during the current COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim not only to contain the spread of the infection in healthcare settings, but also to protect HCWs coming back to work after the disease.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19 ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; Occupational Health ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-14
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2114240-3
    ISSN 2531-6745 ; 0392-4203
    ISSN (online) 2531-6745
    ISSN 0392-4203
    DOI 10.23750/abm.v93i1.10277
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  3. Article ; Online: Needlestick and Sharp Injuries Among Registered Nurses: A Case-Control Study.

    d'Ettorre, Gabriele

    Annals of work exposures and health

    2017  Volume 61, Issue 5, Page(s) 596–599

    Abstract: Objectives: The prevention of needlestick and sharp injuries (NSSIs) among registered nurses (RNs) employed in hospital wards represents an important issue. Accidental contact with blood, consequent to NSSIs, is the most frequent form of exposure to ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: The prevention of needlestick and sharp injuries (NSSIs) among registered nurses (RNs) employed in hospital wards represents an important issue. Accidental contact with blood, consequent to NSSIs, is the most frequent form of exposure to blood-borne pathogens that can be transmitted by accidental exposure.
    Aims: This study investigates the relationship occurring between consecutive workdays, night-shifts, cumulative hours, forward-rotating shift schedules (morning-afternoon-night), and occupational NSSIs frequency.
    Methods: The author conducted a cross-sectional nested case-control analysis from staffing data concerning 765 RNs and NSSIs occurred during a period of 48 months.
    Results: NSSIs were more frequent among RNs working 3 or more night-shifts compared to RNs working less than 3 night-shift in the 7 days prior occurrence of NSSI; moreover, NSSIs were more frequent among RNs working 9 or more night-shifts compared to RNs working less than 4 night-shifts in the 28 days prior to NSSIs occurrence. Constant forward-rotating shift schedules showed a protective effect in preventing NSSIs compared to irregular forward-rotating shift schedules in the last 28 days (odds ratio = 0.45; 95% confidence interval = 0.22-0.91; P < 0.05).
    Conclusions: In this study, the author observed an association between NSSIs and shift-work schedules, including night-shifts. These findings support the need for organizational interventions targeted on implementing forward-rotating shift-work schedules and minimizing night-shifts as part of the overall NSSIs prevention efforts in healthcare facilities.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Case-Control Studies ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Italy/epidemiology ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Needlestick Injuries/epidemiology ; Needlestick Injuries/prevention & control ; Nursing Staff, Hospital/statistics & numerical data ; Occupational Injuries/epidemiology ; Occupational Injuries/prevention & control ; Workload/statistics & numerical data
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2885096-8
    ISSN 2398-7316 ; 2398-7308
    ISSN (online) 2398-7316
    ISSN 2398-7308
    DOI 10.1093/annweh/wxx027
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  4. Article ; Online: Minimizing formaldehyde exposure in a hospital pathology laboratory.

    d'Ettorre, Gabriele / Caroli, Anna / Mazzotta, Mauro

    Work (Reading, Mass.)

    2021  Volume 69, Issue 1, Page(s) 209–213

    Abstract: Background: The safety and health of healthcare workers employed in pathology laboratories and exposed to formaldehyde (FA) is a matter of concern worldwide, as several health effects have been observed in workers resulting from exposure to FA, both ... ...

    Abstract Background: The safety and health of healthcare workers employed in pathology laboratories and exposed to formaldehyde (FA) is a matter of concern worldwide, as several health effects have been observed in workers resulting from exposure to FA, both short and long-term.
    Objective: The study was aimed to describe the strategy implemented in a hospital pathology laboratory to minimize workers' exposure to FA through interventions to working environment and workforce.
    Methods: The NIOSH 2016 method for detecting gaseous FA was adopted to perform personal and area active sampling of FA. The samples were subsequently analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography. The exposure to FA was measured before and after improvement interventions.
    Results: The pre-intervention step showed FA levels exceeding the threshold limit values (TLV) established by ACGIH, both the time-weighted average (TLV-TWA) and short term exposure limit (TLV-STEL); after the improvement interventions, the median concentrations of personal and area FA sampling were respectively of 0.025 ppm (Range = 0.023-0.027) and 0.023 ppm (Range = 0.022-0.028) and significantly lower than pre-intervention step (p < 0.05) and below the TLV-TWA and TLV-STEL established by ACGIH.
    Conclusions: In our study the workers' involvement in the risk management of FA exposure together with engineering improvements revealed a strategic way to minimize the FA pollution in the studied laboratory. Healthcare companies should consider the need to ensure the workers' participation in the management of occupational hazards, including FA, to reach the goal of healthy workplaces.
    MeSH term(s) Formaldehyde/adverse effects ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Laboratories ; Occupational Exposure/prevention & control ; Respiratory Hypersensitivity
    Chemical Substances Formaldehyde (1HG84L3525)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-20
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1394194-x
    ISSN 1875-9270 ; 1051-9815
    ISSN (online) 1875-9270
    ISSN 1051-9815
    DOI 10.3233/WOR-213470
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  5. Article: Occupational Risk for Coronary Artery Disease in Shift Workers - A Systematic Review.

    D'Ettorre, Gabriele / Piscitelli, Prisco / Pellicani, Vincenza / Tornese, Roberta / Ceccarelli, Giancarlo / D'Ettorre, Gabriella / La Torre, Giuseppe

    La Medicina del lavoro

    2024  Volume 115, Issue 2, Page(s) e2024015

    Abstract: Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) prevention in shift workers (SWs) poses a significant challenge worldwide, as CAD remains a major cause of mortality and disability. In the past, SWs were found at higher risk of CAD than non-s SWs. Nevertheless, ...

    Abstract Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) prevention in shift workers (SWs) poses a significant challenge worldwide, as CAD remains a major cause of mortality and disability. In the past, SWs were found at higher risk of CAD than non-s SWs. Nevertheless, the pathogenic mechanism between shift work and CAD to date is unclear. This systematic review aims to enhance understanding of the risk of CAD occurrence in SWs.
    Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted from January 2013 to December 2023. MEDLINE/Pubmed databases were used initially, and additional relevant studies were searched from references. Shift work was defined as any schedule outside traditional shifts, including the night shift.
    Results: Fifteen pertinent papers were categorized into risk assessment or risk management. Findings demonstrated an increased risk of CAD among SWs compared to non-SWs, with an increased CAD risk observed for both shift work and night shift work.
    Discussion: Duration-response associations indicate that greater shift exposure is linked to higher CAD risk. SWs incur an increased risk of CAD through the atherosclerotic process. As shift work duration increases as the risk of atherosclerosis is higher, workers demonstrate a higher prevalence and severity of coronary artery plaques.
    Conclusions: The evidence-based results underscore the increased risk of CAD in SWs and are sufficient for proposing guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of CAD in SWs and at managing people with CAD in return to work characterized by disrupted circadian rhythms.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Coronary Artery Disease/epidemiology ; Coronary Artery Disease/etiology ; Shift Work Schedule/adverse effects ; Occupational Diseases/epidemiology ; Occupational Diseases/etiology ; Risk Factors ; Risk Assessment ; Work Schedule Tolerance
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-24
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Systematic Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 123678-7
    ISSN 0025-7818
    ISSN 0025-7818
    DOI 10.23749/mdl.v115i2.15532
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  6. Article ; Online: Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in healthcare workers: a ten-year systematic review.

    D'Ettorre, Gabriele / Pellicani, Vincenza / Ceccarelli, Giancarlo

    Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis

    2020  Volume 91, Issue 12-S, Page(s) e2020009

    Abstract: Background and aims: Healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in hospital settings frequently experience many occupational stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Literature has increasingly highlighted PTSD as a major issue that ... ...

    Abstract Background and aims: Healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in hospital settings frequently experience many occupational stressors leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Literature has increasingly highlighted PTSD as a major issue that involves both staff and healthcare organizations; the consequences of PTSD may include medication errors and lower standards of care. The current COVID-19 pandemic poses the need for preventing PTSD in HCWs working closely with COVID-19 patients. The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze the latest developments in assessing and managing the occupational risk of PTSD symptoms in hospital HCWs.
    Methods: We searched for publications in MEDLINE/Pubmed using selected keywords. Each article was reviewed and categorized into one or more of the following four categories based on its subject matter: risk assessment, risk management and occurrence rates.
    Results: Our search resulted in a total of 32 publications that matched our inclusion criteria.  Increased years of service, older age, previous year exposure to violence, personality traits (i.e. neuroticism), history of mental disorders, being non-graduates, were found to be workers' pre-trauma factors predicting PTSD symptoms.
    Conclusions: The findings suggest the need to prioritize preventative interventions aimed to anticipate the effects of traumatic exposure by training HCWs in evidence based anticipatory methods of coping with stressful events. With regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we found evidence of the need to strength social support and training targeted at psychological skills of medical staff who treated COVID-19 patients.
    MeSH term(s) Age Factors ; Exposure to Violence ; Health Personnel/psychology ; Humans ; Mental Disorders/complications ; Personality ; Risk Factors ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-30
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article ; Systematic Review
    ZDB-ID 2114240-3
    ISSN 2531-6745 ; 0392-4203
    ISSN (online) 2531-6745
    ISSN 0392-4203
    DOI 10.23750/abm.v91i12-S.9459
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  7. Article ; Online: Job stress and needlestick injuries in nurses: a retrospective observational study.

    D'Ettorre, Gabriele / Pellicani, Vincenza / Greco, Mariarita

    Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis

    2020  Volume 91, Issue 2-S, Page(s) 45–49

    Abstract: Background: The prevention of needlestick injuries (NSIs) in nurses employed in Emergency Departments (EDs) represents a special issue for healthcare organizations globally. Stressful working conditions, lack of organizational arrangements and lack of ... ...

    Abstract Background: The prevention of needlestick injuries (NSIs) in nurses employed in Emergency Departments (EDs) represents a special issue for healthcare organizations globally. Stressful working conditions, lack of organizational arrangements and lack of supporting one another at work, may contribute to increase the risk of NSIs.
    Methods: We conducted an observational study to analyze: 1) the effectiveness of organizational interventions to minimize the occurrence of NSIs in ED nurses; 2) to measure the impact of such interventions on the safety budget.
    Results: The occurrence of NSIs detected after organizational level interventions was significantly lower than the occurrence observed previously such interventions (p<0,05). By results, cost saving from managing fewer NSIs than the previous period was found.
    Conclusion: The study shows that the proactive, integrated and comprehensive management of organizational features at workplace brings benefits to employees and reduces the burden of the occurrence of NSIs. As result of the reduced NSIs frequency, the overall costs for follow-up of injured workers were reduced. (www.actabiomedica.it).
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Education, Nursing, Continuing ; Emergency Nursing/education ; Emergency Service, Hospital/organization & administration ; Female ; Health Expenditures ; Humans ; Incidence ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Needlestick Injuries/economics ; Needlestick Injuries/epidemiology ; Needlestick Injuries/prevention & control ; Needlestick Injuries/psychology ; Nurses/psychology ; Occupational Health/education ; Occupational Stress/complications ; Occupational Stress/prevention & control ; Patient Care Team ; Quality Improvement ; Retrospective Studies ; Safety Management
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-13
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article ; Observational Study
    ZDB-ID 2114240-3
    ISSN 2531-6745 ; 0392-4203
    ISSN (online) 2531-6745
    ISSN 0392-4203
    DOI 10.23750/abm.v91i2-S.8824
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  8. Article ; Online: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, influenza, and influenza-like illness epidemics: Allies or enemies?

    Ceccarelli, Giancarlo / d'Ettorre, Gabriele / Russo, Alessandro / Fabris, Silvia / Ciccozzi, Massimo / d'Ettorre, Gabriella

    Journal of medical virology

    2022  Volume 95, Issue 1, Page(s) e28148

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Influenza, Human/epidemiology ; Pandemics ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Virus Diseases ; Epidemics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 752392-0
    ISSN 1096-9071 ; 0146-6615
    ISSN (online) 1096-9071
    ISSN 0146-6615
    DOI 10.1002/jmv.28148
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  9. Article: Workplace Violence Toward Mental Healthcare Workers Employed in Psychiatric Wards.

    d'Ettorre, Gabriele / Pellicani, Vincenza

    Safety and health at work

    2017  Volume 8, Issue 4, Page(s) 337–342

    Abstract: Background: Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in psychiatric inpatient wards is a serious occupational issue that involves both staff and patients; the consequences of WPV may include increased service costs and lower ... ...

    Abstract Background: Workplace violence (WPV) against healthcare workers (HCWs) employed in psychiatric inpatient wards is a serious occupational issue that involves both staff and patients; the consequences of WPV may include increased service costs and lower standards of care. The purpose of this review was to evaluate which topics have been focused on in the literature and which are new in approaching the concern of patient violence against HCWs employed in psychiatric inpatient wards, in the past 20 years.
    Methods: We searched for publications in PubMed and Web of Science using selected keywords. Each article was reviewed and categorized into one or more of the following four categories based on its subject matter: risk assessment, risk management, occurrence rates, and physical/nonphysical consequences.
    Results: Our search resulted in a total of 64 publications that matched our inclusion criteria. The topics discussed, in order of frequency (from highest to lowest), were as follows: "risk assessment," "risk management," "occurrence rates," and "physical/nonphysical consequences." Schizophrenia, young age, alcohol use, drug misuse, a history of violence, and hostile-dominant interpersonal styles were found to be the predictors of patients' violence.
    Conclusion: Risk assessment of violence by patients appeared the way to effectively minimize the occurrence of WPV and, consequently, to better protect mental HCWs. We found paucity of data regarding psychologic sequelae of WPV. According to these findings, we suggest the need to better investigate the psychologic consequences of WPV, with the aim of checking the effective interventions to assist HCW victims of violence and to prevent psychologic illness.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-02-06
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2592798-X
    ISSN 2093-7997 ; 2093-7911
    ISSN (online) 2093-7997
    ISSN 2093-7911
    DOI 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.01.004
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  10. Article ; Online: Assessing and preventing low back pain in nurses. Implications for practice management.

    D'Ettorre, Gabriele / Vullo, Annamaria / Pellicani, Vincenza

    Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis

    2019  Volume 90, Issue 6-S, Page(s) 53–59

    Abstract: Background and aims: The prevention of low back pain (LBP) among nurses employed in hospital departments represents a special concern for healthcare organizations globally. A growing literature evidences the need of workplace policy development related ... ...

    Abstract Background and aims: The prevention of low back pain (LBP) among nurses employed in hospital departments represents a special concern for healthcare organizations globally. A growing literature evidences the need of workplace policy development related to organizational issues as strategic contribution to minimize the occurrence of LBP in healthcare sector. The purposes of this study were: 1) to analyze the relationship between shiftwork and acute LBP among female shift nurses; 2) to detect preventive interventions targeted on organizational issues.
    Methods: The authors conducted a cross-sectional nested case-control analysis of data concerning acute LBP and staffing data for 671 nurses employed in the Departments of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine. The statistical analysis consisted of a logistic regression to calculate incidence odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. Chi-square test and t-test were used to examine the relationship between categorical and continuous data, respectively.
    Results: The occurrence of acute LBP resulted significantly related to nightshift, extended shifts, obesity; the adoption of forward rotating schedules was found a protective factor in moderating the occupational risk of acute LBP in shift nurses.
    Conclusions: In this study the authors observed an association between shiftwork and acute LBP; improvement interventions should be aimed at: 1) moderating organizational risks linked with shiftwork schedules; 2) promoting healthy lifestyles. These interventions are suggested as a strategic way to effectively manage the phenomenon among female rotating shift nurses.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Case-Control Studies ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Healthy Lifestyle ; Humans ; Low Back Pain/diagnosis ; Low Back Pain/prevention & control ; Middle Aged ; Nurses ; Occupational Diseases/diagnosis ; Occupational Diseases/prevention & control ; Shift Work Schedule
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-08
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2114240-3
    ISSN 2531-6745 ; 0392-4203
    ISSN (online) 2531-6745
    ISSN 0392-4203
    DOI 10.23750/abm.v90i6-S.8228
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