Information regarding to occupational relationships (II)

Ref.

Title

Task performed

(relationship between cases)

Agent/risk exposure

Environmental spread

Exposure circumstances

Concurrent facts

Cases location

24

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a metal-working environment

Workers involved on processes that produce Microbial aerosols

MWF with bacterial and fungal contamination

Additional cases due to an environmental spread of the agent

Substances or ancillary products

-

Different sites in relationship to the tasks performed

25

An outbreak of extrinsic alveolitis at a car engine plant

Machine operators using MWF

Exposure to aerosols of contaminated MWF (Aspergillus and Penicillium)

Additional cases due to an environmental spread of the agent

Substances or ancillary products

-

-

26

Adverse skin reactions to personal protective equipment against severe acute respiratory syndrome—A descriptive study in Singapore

Workers caring for suspected

or confirmed SARS patients

PPE N95 mask, (polypropylene)

-

Personal Protective Equipment

-

Different sites in relationship to the tasks performed (Departments of Emergency and Intensive Care)