Ferdi Tanır

Epidemiology of tinea pedis and toenail tinea unguium in worshippers in the mosques in Adana, Turkey

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dermatomycosis and the risk factors in those who perform their prayers in the mosques in the city center of Adana Province. The diagnosis of dermatomycosis was made on the basis of direct microscopy and/or culture in addition to clinical findings. Among 461 subjects, 136 (29.5%) had tinea pedis, 23 (5.0%) had tinea unguium, and 21 (4.5%) had both infections simultaneously, with a resulting total of 180 (39.0%) cases of dermatomycosis. The causative agents by frequency were: Trichophyton rubrum (67.0%), T.mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (31.1%), and Candida albicans (1.9%). The prevalence of the foot dermatomycosis was found to be high among those who practiced ablution 3–5 times a day and did not dry their feet immediately, who used rubber shoes, and/or who shared their shoes. Pedal dermatophyte infection seems to be a major problem among the adult Muslim male population regularly attending mosques especially in 5th and 6th decades of life.

Occupational Risks of Health Professionals in Turkey as an Emerging Economy.

Abstract Background Health services are one of the work areas that contain important risks in terms of the occupational health and safety of the laborer. Professionals in various areas of health services encounter biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic, and psychosocial risks, particularly in hospitals. Objectives This study has been performed to evaluate the impacts of the occupational risks on health of health professionals in Turkey. Findings In Turkey, as an emerging economy, the history of studies on health professionals is not longstanding. There have been various regulations intended for the occupational health and safety of health professionals in line with the Regulation of the Provision on Patient and Staff Safety prepared in 2012. However, applications can differ from region to region, institution to institution, and person to person. Conclusions We believe that this review will lead health professionals to be aware of occupational risks and contribute to planning health services for health professionals.

Occupational health and safety characteristics of agricultural workers in Adana, Turkey: a cross-sectional study

Background Among agricultural workers, especially in the seasonal migratory ones, housing and hygiene related issues, occupational accidents, low levels of education, poverty and absence of social security problems emerge as significant public health problems. This study aims to compare migrant-seasonal workers (MSWs) and resident agricultural workers (RAWs) in terms of socio-demographic characteristics and occupational health and safety in Adana, one of Turkey’s most important agricultural cities. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on RAWs and MSWs, aged 15–65, operating in the province of Adana. The calculated sample sizes for both MSWs and RAWs were distributed using stratified simple random sampling to five districts of Adana. Results The mean age of the 798 participating agricultural workers was 34.6 ± 14.2. Of the RAWs, 78.8% and of the MSWs 57.0% were male; 5.8% of RAWs and 32.8% of MSWs were illiterate. The mean number of people in the households of the participating workers was 5.1 for RAWs and 6.6 for MSWs. Of the RAWs, 20.5% were not covered by any social security scheme while this percentage was 35.1% in MSWs. RAWs worked 9.9 h a day while MSWs worked 10.9 h a day. Of the agricultural workers, 12.9% had injuries caused by occupational accidents. Discussion Agricultural workers, who are a large part of Turkey’s economically active population, do not have healthy and safe working conditions. New regulations in the fields of social security, record keeping, monitoring, supervision, education and occupational health have been implemented recently to solve these problems. Despite the recent improvements there are still some problematic issues in the auditing of the necessary practices.

0053 Evaluation of the outcome of the applied ergonomics trainings in a cement factory

This study sought to present the outcomes of the applied trainings delivered in a cement factory on the ergonomic risks of a cement factory. Applied ergonomics trainings were given to 246 employees in a cement factory located in Adana province between May and October 2015. The subject matters of the training were as follows: ergonomic risks at workplaces, occupational diseases, work-related diseases, occupational accidents and protection, reasons for pains on neck, arm and waist and measures for protection against these pains, office ergonomics and ergonomic use of computers and exercises for protection. A test was applied before and after the training of each group. 408 employees, including 311 blue collars and 97 white collars, work in the factory. It was determined that the least known question (15.9%) prior to the training was that smoking causes chronic waist pain. It was found that the subject matter on which employee’s knowledge was least improved by the training was the knowledge that the most frequently encountered occupation accident in the cement sector is not explosion 40.7%. Trainings were repeated on five subject matters in particular which were known less than 80% by the trained employees. Following these repeated trainings, the total knowledge level on all questions was increased up to at least 89.4%. Minimization of exposure to the work-related musculoskeletal disorders is possible with provision of the required information and application, and conduct of periodical delivery of applied trainings, as in our study.

Occupational Risks of Health Professionals

Health service is an important work area which can lead to important risks related to occupational health and safety (OHS) of employees. This book chapter is prepared to evaluate the effects of occupational risks on health and decrease the exposure to occu‐ pational risks of health professionals by searching national and international literatüre. Thus, awareness can be raised to define occupational risks and help planning services for health professionals. American National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has reported 29 kinds of physical, 25 kinds of chemical, biological 24 varieties, 10 and six kinds of ergonomic and psycho‐social hazards and risks. According to ILO, it has been reported that there is 1.25 trillion dollars loss each year due to the OHS prob‐ lems. In Turkey, the loss of only social security systems has been reported as approxi‐ mately 4 million Turkish Liras per year. Health professionals have work stress, and they suffer from the inconvenient design and the hazards within the workplace. The health of the health professionals affects the health of the community. Thus, it is important to decrease the exposure to occupational risks of health professionals and diligently work on this issue.

Analysis of the Patients Admitted to Emergency Department of a Private Hospital Due to Work Accidents

Objectıves: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the consequences and causes of work accidents admitted to emergency department of a hospital. Materials and Methods: The data of this study between 1 January to 31 December 2012, records of the patients apply to the emergency department of a private hospital in Gaziantep city because of work accidents were obtained retrospectively. Categorical data were expressed as number and percentage; The numerical measurements are expressed as mean and standard deviation. Our study is a cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study registry scan type. Results: During the study recorded 133 cases of work-related accidents, it was determined that constitute 0.2% of all applications in the emergency room. 131 employees are involved in crashes (98.5%) were male, 2 (1.5%) were female and the mean age were found to be 32.8 ± 10.8.Most accidents in May to 12.0%, up by 37.8% on Monday, up by 58.7% 08: 00-17: 00 were determined to occur. Work accidents in private businesses of 99.2%, occurred due to a fall of 52.6%, 61.7% in the upper extremity has been found to injury seen. Conclusion: According to the results of this researh, we found that as a consequence of work accidents the upper extremity of the most commonly injured body part. Additionally, many patients seen in the emergency department and outpatient treatment have been very few lifethreatening. In order to prevent accidents at work determining the actual size of the priorities and results of standardized and complete as to be recorded, monitored and should be reported. ( Sakarya Med J 2015, 5(4):193-198 )