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COVID-19 PANDEMİĞİ: RİSK DEĞERLENDİRMESİ VE ÜÇ AYLIK YENİDEN AÇILMADAN SONRA TEMEL ÖNLEYİCİ TEDBİRLERİN OLMAMASI

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 55 - 71, 15.08.2021
https://doi.org/10.33439/ergonomi.909955

Abstract

COVID-19, Mart 2020'de Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından bir salgın olarak ilan edildi. Yayılma zincirini kırmak için dünyadaki çoğu ülkede bir kapanma gerçekleşti. Aynı yılın Mayıs ayı sonlarında, insanları SARS-CoV-2 tehlikesinden korumak için yeni düzenlemelerle yeniden açılış başladı. Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVID-19 Pandemisi sırasında Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta COVID ile ilgili mesleki önleyici tedbirlerin ne ölçüde alındığını değerlendirmektir. Alınan gözlemlenebilir önlemleri belirlemek için Kuzey Kıbrıs'taki farklı endüstrilere bir kontrol listesi hazırlanmış ve uygulanmıştır. OSHA-EU'nun çevrimiçi etkileşimli risk değerlendirme (OiRA) aracı kullanılarak özel bir hastanede bir risk değerlendirmesi (RD) gerçekleştirildi. Sadece ana girişlerde maske kullanımı ve alkol bazlı dezenfektanlar (% 54,55) alınan en önemli tedbirlerdi. İnsan trafiğinin yoğun olduğu bir hastane ortamında (çoğunlukla hasta) yürütülen RD, hastanenin yeni SARS-COV-2 mesleki risk faktörü için iyi hazırlanmadığını gösterdi. İşyeri yönetiminin iyi olmadığı, fiziksel teması ve dolayısıyla enfeksiyon riskini azaltmak için en önemli, temel genel önlemlerin bile benimsenmediği görülmüştür.

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE LACK OF BASIC PREVENTIVE MEASURES AFTER THREE MONTHS OF RE-OPENING

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 55 - 71, 15.08.2021
https://doi.org/10.33439/ergonomi.909955

Abstract

COVID-19 was announced to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. A lockdown in most countries throughout the world took place to break the chain of its spread. In late May of the same year re-opening started with new regulations to protect people from this new SARS-CoV-2 hazard. The goal of this study was to evaluate the degree to which COVID related occupational preventive measures were being taken in North Cyprus (NC) at the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A checklist was prepared and applied to different industries in NC to identify the observable measures taken. A risk assessment (RA) was conducted in a private hospital using the online interactive risk assessment (OiRA) tool of OSHA-EU. Mask usage and alcohol-based disinfectants at only the main entrances (54.55%) were the most important measures taken. The RA conducted in a hospital setting where there was a lot of people traffic, mostly patients, entering and exiting, showed that the hospital was not well prepared for the new SARS-COV-2 occupational risk factor. Poor workplace management is identified. Even the most important, basic general measures to reduce physical contact and therefore the risk of infection have not been adopted.

References

  • Reference1: Abed Alah, M., Abdeen, S., & Kehyayan, V. (2020). The first few cases and fatalities of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization: A rapid review. In Journal of Infection and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2020.06.009
  • Reference2: Atasoylu, Emine; Işık, I. N. (2017). Occupational safety and health in North Cyprus : Evaluation of risk assessment. 94, 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.12.020
  • Reference3: Bruinen de Bruin, Y., Lequarre, A. S., McCourt, J., Clevestig, P., Pigazzani, F., Zare Jeddi, M., Colosio, C., & Goulart, M. (2020). Initial impacts of global risk mitigation measures taken during the combatting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Safety Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104773
  • Reference4: CDC. (2020). CDC updates, expands list of people at risk of severe COVID-19 illness. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0625-update-expands-covid-19.html
  • Reference5: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. (2020). What is OiRA? https://oiraproject.eu/en/what-oira
  • Reference6: North Cyprus, L. O. (2020a). İşyerlerinde Koronavirüse (covid-19) Karşı Alınması Gereken Genel Önlemler. http://calisma.gov.ct.tr/Portals/39/Isyerlerinde genel covid onlemleri 30_04_2020 %281%29.pdf
  • Reference7: North Cyprus, L. O. (2020b). KKTC Çalışma Dairesi. http://calisma.gov.ct.tr/
  • Reference8: Petersen, E., & Gökengin, D. (2020). Sars-cov-2 epidemiology and control, different scenarios for Turkey. In Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2003-260
  • Reference9: WHO. (2020a). Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it 10. Reference10: WHO. (2020b). WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020
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Primary Language English
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Emine Atasoylu 0000-0003-0828-328X

Işıl Nurdan Işık This is me 0000-0001-8750-6319

Publication Date August 15, 2021
Submission Date April 5, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 4 Issue: 2

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APA Atasoylu, E., & Işık, I. N. (2021). COVID-19 PANDEMIC: RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE LACK OF BASIC PREVENTIVE MEASURES AFTER THREE MONTHS OF RE-OPENING. Ergonomi, 4(2), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.33439/ergonomi.909955

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