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Foundation: noise is included among the 5 risk factors of physical origin for health in the working environment. Objective: to determine if sound pollution at the Cienfuegos Manufacturing and Marketing Company of glucose, starch and other corn byproducts, exceeds maximum admissible values on NC 871/11 of Health Safety and Health at Work. Methods: a cross descriptive study at the Cienfuegos Manufacturing and Marketing Company of glucose, starch and other corn byproducts was conducted, on February 2018. A number of 287 persons were working, out of them 247 directly in production processes. Measurements of sound levels in the working areas were done according to the valid Cuban standard NC 19-01-14/83. Variables continues equivalent sound level, express in decibels (dB(A) and time of exposure in hours. To measure noise, it was used and integrative sonometer type 2. Measurements were done the during working hours. Results: in the steam generator, compressor boiler, grinding and generation areas, corn reception and cleaning, animal feed factory, dryers and centrifugal equipment noise levels exceed 90 db (a) of exposition. Conclusion: the levels of noise found exceed the admissible maximum which might produce harmful health consequences on workers therefore it is necessary to intervene this working environment [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Foundation: rabies is a viral disease with a mortality of almost 100%, but avoidable by vaccination. Objective: To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos, in the years 2016 and 2017. Methods: retrospective descriptive study of all the patients injured by animals in the province of Cienfuegos, during the period from January 2016 to December 2017. The variables analyzed were: municipalities of occurrence, injury severity, age groups, type of animal injury, rabies treatment, canine sanitation and rabies surveillance. The primary source for obtaining the information was injured patient's notification cards review in the health areas of the Cienfuegos Province and data from the Department of Statistics of the Provincial Center for Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology of Cienfuegos. Results: 2 577 injured were reported; Lajas was the municipality with the highest number of reports in 2016 and Palmira in 2017; the risk of humans to get rabies is kept high; 87.5% of the injuries were produced by canines, of which 35.2% are street dogs. The 5-9 years pediatric ages have the highest rates; slight injuries predominated and sanitation activity was higher in 2017. Conclusion: there are still difficulties in the prevention and control of rabies, so it is important to work on the deficiencies to avoid the occurrence of cases taking into account the high lethality of this disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Foundation: Along the years, in the National Program of Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis of Cuba several changes have been done as those related to its evaluation, including new synthetic indicators. Objective: to evaluate the synthetic indicators for the location and detection of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods: descriptive research in health services and systems realized in health areas I and II of the Cienfuegos Municipality in the years 2013. The information was taken from the Department of Statistics of the Health Areas. The processing of the data to calculate the indicators was done with the program CALIND designed in Access, used with purpose in the Institute Pedro Kouri. Percentage and incidence rate were used as a Mathematical measures for the quantitative data analysis. Results: the application of the synthetic indicator was used to assess the quality of location of the tuberculosis cases in Area I. It was evaluated as deficient in this area and acceptable in Area II. The synthetic indicator was evaluated as deplorable in Area I and poor in Area II. Conclusion: the application of synthetic indicators for locating and detecting cases of Tuberculosis is coherent with the reality about the quality of case detection. It is corroborated its effectiveness to assess the process in the Program of Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]