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title = "Towards an integrated approach on occupational health to tackle COVID19 Pandemic",
abstract = "Background: Serological screening is crucial for the prevention of infection, ensuring the maintenance of the workers{\textquoteright} health, thus promoting occupational health. It was reported that SARS-CoV-2 can survive in aerosols and on dry surfaces for several days to weeks. Objectives: We aimed to apply an integrated approach on Occupational Health to tackle COVID19 pandemic. Materials and methods: We performed a rapid immunoglobulin IgM-IgG immunoassay, ELISA and hematologic profile among workers (N = 740), in a Public Higher Education Institution from Portugal and an environmental assessment by two sampling methods (Air N = 49; Surfaces N = 101) and RT-PCR. Results: Regarding workers serologic surveillance, 1.89% of rapid test positivity was observed for SARS-CoV-2 IgM antibodies and a low prevalence of positivity for IgG (1.21%) in which only 33.3% were confirmed by ELISA. Hematologic surveillance data revealed the presence of 10.44% of abnormal hematological profiles, being anemia (3.78%) the most relevant. All the environmental samples analyzed were negative regarding SARS-CoV-2 detection. Discussion: Low SARS-CoV-2 immunization and the negative environmental samples strongly indicate the effectiveness of the preventive measures. Nevertheless, COVID19 disease alters hematologic parameters. Conclusion: This study it was possible to implement an integrated approach on Occupational Health combining efforts with the Occupational Health Services.",
keywords = "COVID19 pandemic, Environmental assessment, Integrated approach, Occupational health, Seroprevalence",
author = "Edna Ribeiro and Ketlyn Oliveira and Marta Dias and Bianca Gomes and Raquel Pimenta and Mariana Delgadinho and Catarina Ginete and Renato Abreu and Marina Almeida-Silva and Ana Almeida and Gomes, {Anita Quintal} and Miguel Brito and Carla Viegas",
note = "Funding Information: H&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge the FCT/MCTES national support through the UIDB/05608/2020 and UIDP/05608/2020. Authors acknowledge financial support by Intituto Polit{\'e}cnico de Lisboa, “IPL Momento Zero: Assegurar a retoma letiva em pandemia COVID19”. Scientific support and guidance was given by CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, NMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, as well as Instituto de Medicina Molecular Jo{\~a}o Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Funding Information: Acknowledgements H&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge the FCT/MCTES national support through the UIDB/05608/2020 and UIDP/05608/2020. Authors acknowledge financial support by Intituto Polit{\'e}cnico de Lisboa, “IPL Momento Zero: Assegurar a retoma letiva em pandemia COVID19”. Scientific support and guidance was given by CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, NMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, as well as Instituto de Medicina Molecular Jo{\~a}o Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_22",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-38276-5",
series = "Studies in Systems, Decision and Control",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "265--284",
editor = "PM Arezes and RB Melo and P Carneiro and J Castelo-Branco and A Colim and N Costa and S Costa and J Duarte and JC Guedes and G Perestrelo and JS Baptista",
booktitle = "Occupational and environmental safety and health V",
address = "Germany",
}