Hygiena, 2024 (vol. 69), issue 1

Thoroughness, courage and luck. On the 30th anniversary of the Environmental health monitoring system in the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):3-4 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1851  

Tularemia in the South Moravian region in 2018-2023

Renata Ciupek

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):5-10 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1856  

Tularemia, also called rabbit fever, is a zoonosis caused by the bacteria Francisella tularensis. The reservoir is wild animals, especially small rodents, from which the infection spreads to larger rodents and other wild or domestic animals. Transmission to humans occurs when handling a contaminated animal, indirectly by blood-sucking arthropods, via inhalation of contaminated aerosol, or alimentary. The disease occurs in several forms, which are related to the way of transmission. It is more common in agricultural areas and has the character of a natural-focal disease. In the period 2018-2023, he number of reported cases in the Czech Republic was...

Health risks of interactive urban water features and their prevention

Dana Baudišová, František Kožíšek, Lenka Mayerová, Petr Pumann, Hana Jeligová

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):11-17 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1854  

Fountains and other urban water features are not designed for bathing, but many of them encourage direct contact with the water. Individual objects, however, are designed with varying degrees of erudition in water hygiene and therefore also with different modification of treatment technologies, water recirculation and operating instructions. Methodological Guidelines for the Safe Operation of Interactive Urban Water Features, Water Playgrounds and Water Parks was issued last year. It is not mandatory, but it was created as guidance to increase safety and possibly reduce health risks related to their use. The Guidelines were created primarily on the...

Limiting occupational health check-ups in the COVID-19 epidemic period

Matyáš Fošum, Marie Nakládalová

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):18-22 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1857  

In the COVID-19 period, there was a reduction in the number of occupational health check-ups in the Czech Republic, which represents a significant intervention in the occupational health protection system. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of these measures and the possibility of their application in the future from the perspective of occupational health professionals. The study, which is part of a broader whole, used the consensus of the members of the expert group with their focus on the assessment of fitness for work and the recognition of diseases as occupational diseases. Subsequent analysis of the responses provided recommendations...

Influence of work related stress to the quality of life in nurses in the Czech republic during the covid-19 pandemic

Oľga Jarabicová, Mária Šupínová, Ive Volešová, Lucie Libešová, Izabela Witczak, Łukasz Rypicz

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):23-28 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1850  

Objectives: The assessment of the level of work-related stress and quality of life among nurses in the Czech Republic throughout the utilisation of available standardised questionnaire methods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted during the pandemic year of 2021. A questionnaire was administered to 450 nurses. Two standardised questionnaires were employed: Meister's questionnaire for subjective assessment of work-related mental load and the SF 36 questionnaire for quality of life. Results: Through the analysis of the level of mental strain, it became apparent that individual scales of mental...

The obesity epidemic in adults and possible preventive measures in the Czech Republic

Dana Müllerová, Barbora Macková, Marie Nejedlá

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):29-37 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1852  

Obesity is a chronic, progressive and recurrent disease that leads to a range of other health complications that impair quality of life and shorten its duration. From the pathophysiological perspective, it is the proliferation of adipose tissue in the body and its subsequent dysfunction, which contributes to immuno-metabolic alterations and damage to other organs and tissues. The increasing prevalence of this disease over the last 40 years has led to its current worldwide pandemic, which has not yet been successfully controlled. Obesity is thus also becoming an economic problem that hinders future development prosperity. The obesity pandemic is the...

Legal actualities during 6.12.2023–15.3.2024

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):38-39  

Communication with consumers as an essential means of increasing trust in tap water

Hana Jeligová

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):39  

MUDr. Jan Kasal, CSc. passed away

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2024, 69(1):40