A Systematized Overview of Published Reviews on Biological Hazards,
Occupational Health, and Safety
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Title
A Systematized Overview of Published Reviews on Biological Hazards,
Occupational Health, and Safety
Occupational Health, and Safety
Subject
Biological risk
Biosafety
Endotoxins
Exposure
Occupational setting
Biosafety
Endotoxins
Exposure
Occupational setting
Description
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic turned biological hazards in the working environment into a
global concern. This systematized review of published reviews aimed to provide a comprehensive
overview of the specific jobs and categories of workers exposed to biological hazards with the related
prevention.
Methods: We extracted reviews published in English and French in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science. Two authors, working independently, subsequently screened the potentially relevant titles and
abstracts recovered (step 1) and then examined relevant full texts (step 2). Disagreements were resolved
by consensus. We built tables summarizing populations of exposed workers, types of hazards, types of
outcomes (types of health issues, means of prevention), and routes of transmission.
Results: Of 1426 studies initially identified, 79 studies by authors from every continent were selected,
mostly published after 2010 (n ¼ 63, 79.7%). About half of the reviews dealt with infectious hazards alone
(n ¼ 38, 48.1%). The industrial sectors identified involved healthcare alone (n ¼ 16), laboratories (n ¼ 10),
agriculture (including the animal, vegetable, and grain sectors, n ¼ 32), waste (n ¼ 10), in addition of 11
studies without specific sectors. The results also highlighted a range of hazards (infectious and noninfectious agents, endotoxins, bioaerosols, organic dust, and emerging agents).
Conclusion: This systematized overview allowed to list the populations of workers exposed to biological
hazards and underlined how prevention measures in the healthcare and laboratory sectors were usually
well defined and controlled, although this was not the case in the agriculture and waste sectors. Further
studies are necessary to quantify these risks and implement prevention measures that can be applied in
every country
global concern. This systematized review of published reviews aimed to provide a comprehensive
overview of the specific jobs and categories of workers exposed to biological hazards with the related
prevention.
Methods: We extracted reviews published in English and French in PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science. Two authors, working independently, subsequently screened the potentially relevant titles and
abstracts recovered (step 1) and then examined relevant full texts (step 2). Disagreements were resolved
by consensus. We built tables summarizing populations of exposed workers, types of hazards, types of
outcomes (types of health issues, means of prevention), and routes of transmission.
Results: Of 1426 studies initially identified, 79 studies by authors from every continent were selected,
mostly published after 2010 (n ¼ 63, 79.7%). About half of the reviews dealt with infectious hazards alone
(n ¼ 38, 48.1%). The industrial sectors identified involved healthcare alone (n ¼ 16), laboratories (n ¼ 10),
agriculture (including the animal, vegetable, and grain sectors, n ¼ 32), waste (n ¼ 10), in addition of 11
studies without specific sectors. The results also highlighted a range of hazards (infectious and noninfectious agents, endotoxins, bioaerosols, organic dust, and emerging agents).
Conclusion: This systematized overview allowed to list the populations of workers exposed to biological
hazards and underlined how prevention measures in the healthcare and laboratory sectors were usually
well defined and controlled, although this was not the case in the agriculture and waste sectors. Further
studies are necessary to quantify these risks and implement prevention measures that can be applied in
every country
Creator
Alexis Descatha 1,2,*, Halim Hamzaoui 3
, Jukka Takala 4
, Anne Oppliger 5
, Jukka Takala 4
, Anne Oppliger 5
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Publisher
Univ Angers, CHU Angers, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) e UMR_S 1085, IRSET-ESTER, SFR
ICAT, CAPTV CDC, Angers, France
2Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell, USA
3 Labour Administration, Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch- International Labour Organization, HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
4 Faculty of Social Sciences/Health Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
5Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Unisanté, University of Lausanne, Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland
ICAT, CAPTV CDC, Angers, France
2Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell, USA
3 Labour Administration, Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch- International Labour Organization, HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
4 Faculty of Social Sciences/Health Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
5Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Unisanté, University of Lausanne, Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland
Date
21 October 2023
Contributor
FAJAR BAGUS W
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Citation
Alexis Descatha 1,2,*, Halim Hamzaoui 3
, Jukka Takala 4
, Anne Oppliger 5, “A Systematized Overview of Published Reviews on Biological Hazards,
Occupational Health, and Safety,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 25, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11596.
Occupational Health, and Safety,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 25, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11596.