Hygiena, 2015 (vol. 60), issue 4

Monitoring of Nosocomial Infections - a Debt Owed by Public Health

Pavel Totušek

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):131-132  

Indoor Air Quality at the Ice Stadium in Rychnov nad Kněžnou

Monika Todtová, Martin Libotovský, Libuše Jůvová

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):133-136 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1397  

This article describes health damage to ice hockey players during a match at the ice stadium in Rychnov nad Kněžnou in December 2012. A number of local investigations and air quality tests were conducted at the stadium. All match participants were interviewed and the medical records of all injured parties were examined despite the fact that according to doctors the event comprised acute inhalation trauma. Direct connection is apparently debatable because the affected hockey players failed to seek medical assistance immediately but only after some time following the event.

Change in Road Surface Noise in the Czech Republic Monitored by CPX Method

Vítězslav Křivánek, Petra Marková

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):137-142 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1403  

With regard to different trends in noise of various road surfaces over time (not only surfaces with reduced noise), long-term monitoring of gradual changes in noise of individual road surfaces is necessary. Relevant acoustic data related to road surfaces in the Czech Republic, albeit scarce, are in demand and sought for by ministries, road administrators, health supervisors, regional public health stations, Public Defender of Rights, etc. These data are used to select correct road pavement types or surface treatment. The article describes results of measurements performed by the Technological Agency of the Czech Republic No. TA01030459 - Change of...

The Ethical Obstacles and Challenges of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Context of a Contemporary Health Service

Vladimír Bencko

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):143-148 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1353  

Medicine is a specific area that draws not only on empirical knowledge of sciences but also on principles from the humanities, and the fact that health and disease are not only exclusively categorised as natural science but as value based entities where it is necessary to maintain proportionality between the legitimate requirements of biomedical research and ethical requirements and the moral imperatives of medical practice. It is here that we find the niche for ethics and ethical approaches to solving unclear or disputed issues of our actions; questions that are very sensitively perceived by the public, often leading to a loss of confidence in both...

Sodium and Its Impact on Health

Marie Šubrtová, Halina Matějová

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):149-154 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1373  

Excessive sodium intake is associated with many health complications, especially hypertension. Data on sodium intake show too high consumption in many countries around the world. In many cases sodium intake exceeds recommendation for adults, which is 2 g sodium/day. Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality. Many studies have confirmed that dietary sodium reduction reduces blood pressure (BP). BP reduction was less significant in normotensive individuals than in individuals with hypertension. Nevertheless, there is a consensus that even a moderate decreasing in sodium intake is likely to have a beneficial impact on...

Environmental Noise Exposure and Its Effect on Population Health

Alexandra Filová, Martin Samohýl, Ľubica Argalášová

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):155-162 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1396  

The growing impact of environmental noise exposure on health is a major problems of our times. It particularly concerns the urban population living in areas with high levels of environmental noise. Increased levels of traffic and industrial activity are the major causative factors of this phenomenon. Increased noise levels cause interpersonal problems not only in occcupational settings, but during recreation, leisure, and social activities. This negative environmental factor differs from others in specifically affecting sleep and relentlessly increasing. In terms of public health, the disturbing effects of environmental noise manifest in increased...

Detection of Salmonella spp. Germs in Sweet Desserts - Case Reports

Lucie Hlaváčková

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):163-165 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1409  

In 2014, public health inspectors of the Moravian-Silesian Regional Public Health Authority in Ostrava investigated 2 separate cases of the presence of pathogenic microorganisms (Salmonella spp.) in sweet desserts which caused health complications in consumers after ingestion. No source of the infection has been identified in either case, howewer, in the second case a direct link was found between 3 affected persons and consumption of the desserts.

Legal Actualities during 1.8.2015-20.9.2015

Eva Nekvindová

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):166-167 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1420  

Mandatory Vaccination against Smallpox, Czechoslovakia 1919

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):168-169 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1401  

The reasons for mandatory vaccinations comprise humane and economic factors and have been reiterated many times over the years. Nevertheless, there is a small number of people who object to mandatory vaccination in the Czech Republic, although the majority of the general public understands the importance of vaccination and accept its necessity. The article quotes the law on mandatory vaccination against smallpox approved by the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia in 1919 and cites the explanation of the proposal of the law by Prof. Ladislav Syllaba, the famous Czech internist. Presented facts show that basic approaches to mandatory vaccination in 1919...

Incidence of GMO Products in the CR

Redakce

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):136  

The First Lady of Iodine

Jan Ševčík

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):142  

Fruit and Vegetable Prices

Redakce

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):162  

Write to Hygiene

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):169  

Refugee Health

Jaroslav Kříž

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):170  

Conclusions of the Health and Nutrition Conference 2015

Jan Ševčík, Bohumil Turek, Igor Kajaba, Petr Šíma

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):170-171  

25 Years of the Teplice Programme

Jan Ševčík

Hygiena 2015, 60(4):172