Hygiena, 2018 (vol. 63), issue 2
EDITORIAL
Publicity as part of public health services
Zbyněk Boublík
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):35 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1617 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Air quality measurement in kindergartens
Bohumil Kotlík, Lenka Pekařová, Helena Kazmarová, Miroslava Mikešová, Věra Vrbíková, Ladislava Matějů, Zdeňka Vandasová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):36-44 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1610
Indoor air quality is always influenced by a number of sources of pollution and can be improved by controlling (minimizing the impact) these sources and by efficient ventilation. An important factor influencing the interior is also the outdoor air, which can be contaminated by nearby transport or industrial sources. Studies conducted between 2015 and 2016 focused on describing the environment of a specific group - children attending kindergartens. The intention was to update and expand information on the occurrence of substances in the indoor environment of kindergartens, their trends, existing resources, and problems and cooperative influences. A...
Analysis of work and problems in the provision of smoking cessation in counseling centers for smoking cessation at the Regional Public Health Authorities in the Slovak republic
Eva Onačillová, Viola Vargová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):45-49 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1611
Introduction: Non-smoking promotion including assistance in quitting, should be provided by qualified health professionals. The aim of the research was to find a level of effectiveness of the implementation of non-smoking promotion in counseling centers for smoking cessation at the Regional Public Health Authorities (RPHA). Material and Methods: Data were obtained from the representatives of the advisory smoking cessation centers (ASC) at RPHA contacted by email request. The request was sent to all 34 ASC in the Slovak Republic, of which 94.1% (n = 32) responded. Data were collected from March 2013 until January 2014. Results: 93.6% of ASC use the...
REVIEW PAPERS
Selected plant toxins in honey and their health effects
Katarína Kromerová, Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):50-53 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1602
There is a lot of information about the nutritional and medicinal properties of honey. However, honey may contain compounds that can lead to toxicity. Plant toxins or phytotoxins are secondary plant metabolites that show acute or chronic toxicity or have anti-nutritional effects. Feeding bees on the flowers of toxic plants can result in the contamination of honey. The most important plant toxins in honey are pyrolizidine alkaloids and gryanotoxins (GTX).
Open space workplace - current issues in terms of physical factors of the work enviroment
Oľga Šušoliaková, Pavla Pechová, Zuzana Mathauserová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):54-59 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1605
Well-being in the workplace is a prerequisite for the maximum performance of workers. Currently, the practice notes a higher number of open space type workplaces which are often in modern buildings with a glass envelope. In spite of the discussed benefits of this workplace arrangement, such as better teamwork and better communication between employees, problems and complaints are reported about the quality of the indoor environment from such administrative buildings. Of the physical factors of the working environment, microclimate, poor lighting, interference with noise and poor quality of air are the main factors which can cause deterioration of the...
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Legal actualities during 26.2.2018–10.5.2018
Eva Nekvindová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):60
CONFERENCE COMMUNICATIONS
25th anniversary of the initiation of conferences on hospital hygiene and epidemiology in the Czech Republic
Vladimír Bencko
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):61-62 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1616
Abstracts of papers delivered
1. Vaccination of healthcare personnel and under-risk patient groups
Vaccination of health care workers
Renata Ciupek
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):62-63 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0001
Vaccination against HBV in occupational health care
Markéta Petrovová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):63 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0002
Experience with health care personnel vaccination in České Budějovice Hospital, JSC
Iva Šípová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):63-64 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0003
Infuenza vaccination in health care workers in the Czech Republic – struggle with indifference
Kristýna Herrmannová, Hana Roháčová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):64 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0004
News in vaccination of risk groups of patients
Iva Šípová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):64 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0005
2. Reservoirs of infections agents in healthcare facilities
Significance of horizontal transfer of genetic information for the rise of resistence to antibiotics
Vladimír Bencko, Petr Šíma
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):64-65 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0006
Cronobacter spp. – a causative agent of infections connected with health care
Ondřej Holý, Jana Petrželová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):65 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0007
The role of airborne contamination in the transmission of health care associated infections
Bohdana Rezková
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):65 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0008
Microbial air contamination in the operating room
Ivanka Matoušková
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):66 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0009
The efficacy claim of disinfectants being registered as a health care product should be in accordance with the manufacturer´s instruction for use
Hana Lišková
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):66 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0010
3. Novel approaches to invasive inputs
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) – new trends and options
Alžběta Svobodová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):66-67 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0011
4. Problems of clean-up and disinfection from point of view of critical points and valid legislation
SMS – effective tool in the prevention of nosocomial infections
Jan Skříšovský
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):67 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0012
Application of UVC radiation for fnal disinfection of a patient´s ward with Clostridium difficile
Ivanka Matoušková
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):67 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0013
The specifics of cleaning in the health care sector
Alice Žertová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):67-68 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0014
EnCompass – high touch objects cleaning efficacy monitoring program. Three-year experience from Slovak hospitals
Matúš Lichvár
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):68 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0015
5. Miscellanea
Strategy of preventing health care associated infections in a private company Svet zdravia, a.s.
Jana Skalová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):68 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0016
Decolonisation for preventing infection at site of surgical interventions
Lenka Hobzová, Dana Vaculíková
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):69 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0017
Highly infectious disease – exercise at the University hospital Olomouc 2017
Jarmila Kohoutová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):69 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.b0018
NEWS
The Silesian Meeting on Preventive Medicine 2018 Conference
Renáta Brablcová
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):70-72
European WHO on measles
Redakce
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):72
REVIEWS
Long-term health after-effects of methanol poisoning
Jaroslav Kříž
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):53
WHO on the relation of alcohol and cancer
Redakce
Hygiena 2018, 63(2):59