Search

Introduction SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is a virus that has caused a global pandemic. Health workers (HWs) are major players in the fight against this infection and are occupationally exposed to the virus in the course of their work. In this context, this study presents surveillance data on 1714 workers in a hospital center in the south of France for the period from March 17 to April 20, 2020. Materials and methods Symptomatic HWs, contact cases and those with high anxiety were tested. Diagnosis of COVID-19 was performed by RT-PCR after nasopharyngeal sampling. Results During this period, 30.4% of hospital staff received 3028 nasal swabs. Of these, 8.0% were infected with SARS-CoV-2. Among the SARS-CoV-2 positive HWs, 24.3% were asymptomatic. Among COVID unit and non COVID unit, the positive HWs for SARS-CoV-2 were, respectively, 5.8% and 8.2% (p = 0.2). HWs over 50 years of age were less likely to be positive for SARS-CoV-2 (3.8%) than other younger HWs (9.1%) (p

Objectif La croissance de l’activite radiologique des blocs operatoires et l’evolution de la reglementation justifient d’evaluer les connaissances en radioprotection du personnel. L’objectif de l’etude est d’evaluer les connaissances et les pratiques de medecins des blocs operatoires en radioprotection avant et apres une formation. Methodes Une etude descriptive a ete conduite en 2016 aupres de chirurgiens et d’anesthesistes d’un hopital public Francais. Un questionnaire ad-hoc d’evaluation des connaissances et des pratiques en radioprotection a ete distribue avant et un mois apres une formation de ces praticiens a la radioprotection. La premiere evaluation a ete realisee par un support papier et la seconde par voie electronique. Resultats Sur 103 personnes ayant participe a la formation, 90 ont repondu au questionnaire avant. La plupart des medecins (86,7 %) interroges n’a jamais ete formee a la radioprotection et reconnait avoir des connaissances insuffisantes. La majorite des praticiens (92,2 %) porte un tablier plombe, 50,0 % un cache-thyroide, 5,6 % des lunettes plombees, 53,3 % un dosimetre passif et 17,8 % un dosimetre operationnel. Aucun des repondants n’a acces a des equipements de protection collective. Le questionnaire apres la formation a ete complete par 35 praticiens. Les resultats montrent une amelioration des connaissances en radioprotection (score de bonnes reponses : 5,5/16 avant et 9,5/16 apres la formation) mais la formation n’est pas suffisante pour ameliorer les pratiques professionnelles (score de bonnes reponses : 3,2/7 avant et 3,3/7 apres la formation). Conclusion Il est necessaire de renforcer la sensibilisation aux risques radiologiques mais aussi de favoriser l’acces aux lunettes plombees et aux equipements de protection collective dans les salles des blocs operatoires.

In order to improve the well-being, health, and performance of hospital workers, it should be important to focus on the psychosocial risk (PSR) factors in the work environment and on job satisfaction. Although many epidemiological questionnaires are used to measure PSR among healthcare workers, no specific existing model can be applied to all categories of hospital workers.To develop a short French self-administered instrument for measuring the PSR for hospital workers: the PSRH questionnaire.The content of the PSRH questionnaire was partly derived from the well-known and standardized questionnaires (Karasek Job Content and Siegriest effort-reward imbalance questionnaires). The validation process was carried out in all the departments of a large public university hospital (Marseille, France). Eligible workers were adult employees present on the day of the assessment: healthcare, administrative, and technical workers. A total of 2203 subjects were included from September 2012 to October 2013.The PSRH contains 24 items describing 6 dimensions (Management, cooperation and hierarchical support; Requirements, constraints and autonomy related to work; Support and relationship with the team; Complexity of the work and unforeseen factors; Meaning of work and recognition; and Conciliation work - work out). The six-factor structure presented satisfactory internal consistency and scalability. All the scores showed significant correlations with a well-being score. Acceptability was high.The PSRH is a self-administered instrument assessing PSR at hospital that presents satisfactory psychometric properties. Future studies should identify factors that determine low- and high-risk workers in order to implement appropriate preventing strategies.