Xenobiotic residues and their metabolites in biological fluids of the general population are an important indicator of exposure to toxic substances dispersed in the environment. Urine samples… (More)
A new automated method based upon solid phase micro-extraction (SPME)/fast gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed for the quantitative determination of airborne peracetic acid… (More)
Human work is never exclusively a pure goods production but include the structuring of relevant dimensions such as identity, interrelationship, sense creation and this is specifically true in the… (More)
The aim of this study is the evaluation of exposure to airborne, high-level disinfectants to efficiently organize prevention of the risks due to the manipulation of these substances in the endoscopic… (More)
A method for the determination of the organic acids directly in the urine employing derivatization with trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate as a methylating agent and sequential extraction by head… (More)
According to act 626/1994, employers have the duty to inform and train workers and their representatives. The implementation of training activities requires the following points: planning the… (More)
Rescue and emergency teams are affected by different stress factors. We investigated 201 subjects from Red Cross Organization, firemen "regular" and volunteer, policemen, and health rescue team.… (More)
The evolution of the modern anaesthesiologic technique aimed to detect more manageable and less toxic aesthetic gas, but adequately efficacy. This study considered the environmental and biological… (More)
Glutaraldehyde is used primarily in hospital environments for the disinfection of various instruments (e.g., endoscopes). We describe in this paper the measurement of glutaraldehyde in a hospital… (More)
In the last eleven years in the Careggi Hospital 4941 occupational accident has been registered, and 2951 workers were involved (28.9% of the total of the workers present in the period). The highest… (More)