Hygiena, 2019 (vol. 64), issue 4

The place of hygiene and the journal Hygiena in the instruction of students of medicine and the fulfilling of the legacy of J. A. Komenský

Jana Jurkovičová

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):139-140 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1736  

Evaluation of the mental load in general nurses working at Departments of pediatric oncology

Markéta Papršteinová, Barbora Faltová, Barbora Holá

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):141-146 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1723  

Every medical workplace is specific and there are various demands placed on general nurses. Department of pediatric oncology, undoubtedly belongs among the workplaces, where the high load on the psyche of all staff is expected. The aim of the survey was to determine the mental work load on general nurses in the department of pediatric oncology. To identify and evaluate possible sources of work stress with general nurses in the paediatric oncology units the Meister's questionnaire has been used. It has been found that the critical values were exceeded in the case of factor 1 and factor 3. General nurses at the monitored workplaces perceived mental workload...

Assessment of the prevention of risks connected with the application of electrosurgical instruments

Magda Taliánová, Kateřina Langrová, Jana Wichsová

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):147-153 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1734  

Aim: The aim of the survey was to find out whether the respondents encountered an undesirable event in the use of electrosurgical equipment, as well as preventive measures in relation to electrosurgery set in selected operating theaters and whether generally valid recommendations related to the use of electrosurgical equipment are followed. Methods: For data collection, a qualitative method of semi-structured interview with 6 respondents (head/station nurses of operating theaters) from three medical facilities within one region was chosen, which was supplemented by participating observation in operating theaters. The survey was conducted from July...

Measured impacts of low emission zones on air quality changes in German cities. A lesson for the Czech Republic

Marek Tögel, Roman Čampula, Libor Špička

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):154-163 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1721  

Since 2013 municipalities in the Czech Republic are allowed to implement low emission zones (LEZs), which are supposed to improve air quality in urban areas. Nevertheless, no LEZs have been implemented in any Czech city yet. Many critics of the introduction NEZ, referring to some international scientific studies, point out the negligible impacts of this measure. What are the real outcomes of scientific papers then? This meta-analysis analysed 15 primary studies, which conducted empirical research of LEZs' impacts on imissions of PM₁₀, PM_1.0, soot and nitrogen oxides. According to the results of the meta-analysis, LEZs contributed...

Historical noise burden is still an issue

Dana Potužníková, Tomáš Hellmuth, Aleš Jiráska, David Kresl, Lubomír Píša, Vítězslav Křivánek

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):164-169 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1724  

On 30 July 2016, the Government Decree No. 272/2011 Coll., On health protection against adverse effects of noise and vibrations, became effective. The amendment in § 12 still includes the possibility of granting a correction to the so-called "old noise load" and adjusts the conditions under which a +20 dB correction can be admitted to the baseline sound pressure level A L_Aeq,T 50 dB. Correction to the old noise load was introduced in 2000 as an analogy to the reduction of old ecological burdens in the environment. This paper deals with the analysis of problems that the "historical noise burdens" institute brings...

Options of applying GIS in practice by public health authorities

Jan Beneš

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):170-173 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1728  

The competence of regional public health authorities is still quite extensive even today, very often in practice there is work with the space around us, its use, various factors and their effect. Within a wide range of inspections and assessments, we obtain data that relates to different locations and spaces. And just for the purpose of working with spatial data and analyzing that data, or the monitoring of different relationships in a given space or finding out the cause of the examined problem, it is appropriate to use the so-called geographic information systems (hereinafter referred to as "GIS"). GIS experience differs across regional public health...

Legal actualities during 1.7.2019 – 15.10.2019

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):174  

E-detective story: Should we be afraid of e-cigarettes?

Eva Králíková

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):175-177 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1732  

Ten years of the County Health Department in the USA

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):179  

Nomination of new regional WHO head

Redakce

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):179  

The cost of community prevention programmes

Redakce

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):179  

LEAD does not mean just lead

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):146  

Environmental health inequality in Europe

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):169  

Promotion of fruit and vegetable consumption in children from poor families

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):169  

Tracking down the typhoid fever epidemic at the Albertov student canteen 97 years ago

František Kožíšek

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):173  

The smoking habit in both parents increases the risk of inborn developmental heart defects in their progeny

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):177  

E-cigarettes and the environment

Drahoslava Hrubá

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):177  

The influence of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular morbidity remains uncertain

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):178  

Milk iodine content in Switzerland

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2019, 64(4):178