Chemical Safety Knowledge Assessment of Academic Researchers from Brazil During Covid-19 Pandemic

Introduction: Laboratories are inextricably dangerous work environ-ments, as fatal incidents are reported in both academic and non-aca-demic environments worldwide, where poor safety culture has been rec-ognized as the major accident contributor. Workers can be exposed to chemical, biological, physical, or radioactive hazards, in addition to mus-culoskeletal stresses. In Brazil, hundreds of thousands of workers are employed in laboratories, either in private or public institutions. Alt-hough laboratory safety can be governed by local, state, or federal regu-lations, learning how to identify common laboratory hazards is the first step to preventing accidents in the lab environment. Methods: The study aimed to assess the degree level of safety culture in an academic population of research laboratories, located in the largest city in Brazil, and their compliance with occupational safety regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study was carried out between Oc-tober and November 2020. The results were obtained from the standard-ized questionnaire used to assess 98 researchers working in laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The majority of respondents (95%) reported being exposed to more than two risks, simultaneously. About two-thirds (66%) of them were not fully aware of the laboratory's risk map. About half of the re-searchers (50%) were lacking in safety culture, and 57%and 43% were preoccupied with chemical and non-chemical hazards, respectively. Per-sonal protective equipment (PPE) during laboratory work was used by most researchers, but 75% of researchers claim that security awareness learning should be a high priority for admission to laboratories. About 39% of researchers agreed that awareness of security must be improved in their laboratories Conclusion: The survey proves the lack of information and attitudes about chemical safety, especially among less experienced researchers, even if they use personal protective equipment when necessary. © 2023 by Animal Bioscience.

PROCEDURAL LEGAL BUSINESS: A SOLUTION FOR THE CONTINUITY OF JURISDICTIONAL SERVICE IN PANDEMIC TIMES

The pandemic generated by the coronavirus has had consequences for society and for all known lifestyles. The social isolation imposed by the health authorities meant that the activities, mainly in person, of the Judiciary were partially suspended. In view of the installed scenario, it was necessary to search for alternatives so that the jurisdictional provision would continue. Within the field of study of Civil Procedural Law, this article analyzes the possibilities of procedural negotiation in order to promote the progress of demands already judicialized, by the dialogue and cooperation between procedural subjects, and the performance of the judge in promote the conventionality of the process. The methodological procedures used are applied research with a qualitative and hypothetical-deductive approach from primary and secondary sources. The objective is to shed light on the existing procedural instruments to use them in order to overcome the obstacles caused by the pandemic. Conventional process improvement and scheduling were the typical procedural deals highlighted among the possible procedural deals to provide the means for the continuation of the procedural march.

Municipal education management in the tocantinense education systems and networks: challenges in ensuring the right to education in the pandemic period

This article focuses on the management of municipal education in the system and educational networks of the state of Tocantins, regarding the guarantee of the right to education in the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. It aims to understand the challenges and dilemmas faced by the Secretaries of Education in municipalities of Tocantins in the pandemic period, more precisely about remote, hybrid education and the use of digital information and communication technologies (ICT) as a way to ensure the educational rights established by law. This is bibliographic-documentary research that deals with the management of education grounded in the regulations of the state and federal spheres and based on field research developed by the National Union of Municipal Education Directors (UNDIME). The study presents the results of the situational diagnosis of the municipalities at the start of the pandemic in 2020 and evidences: the difficulties of the Municipal Secretaries of Education, the implications of the non-face-to-face teaching, the plan to resume face-to-face classes for the 2020 and 2021 school years. Also, the panorama of the educational reality in the state of Tocantins lacks of major investments in technology and connectivity in the schools;better training for education professionals and improvements in the infrastructure of educational units in order to fulfill the right to education.

Impact of COVID-19 in kidney replacement therapy in an epicenter tertiary hospital in Southern Brazil

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT) pose multiple risk factors that may increase the risk of death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Currently, evidence of incidence, management, and prognosis of COVID-19 in this population are scarce. METHOD: Between May and December 2020, we followed two RRT populations that have the same tertiary hospital in Southern Brazil as its reference hospital for transplantation. Firstly, we monitored eight affiliated dialysis clinics keeping track of COVID-19 incidence and fatality rate in dialysis patients and those on the kidney transplant waiting list. In the same period, we also monitor COVID-19 incidence and mortality among our prevalent population of kidney transplant recipients. RESULTS: We evaluated 1049 patients in RRT in the dialysis centers. COVID-19 occurred in 89 of such patients (8.5%), and 31 died from such condition (35.8% death rate). Fifteen patients (5.45%), among 275 on the kidney transplant waiting list, contracted the virus, with one death (6.6%). Within our prevalent population of 1348 kidney transplant recipients, 113 were diagnosed with COVID19 (incidence: 8.4%), and 17 of them died (mortality rate: 15%). Finally, the number of kidney transplants decreased by 60.4% compared with the same period in the previous year. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 determined a substantial impact on RRT. A high frequency of chronic dialysis patients expired from the disease. The impact on the patients on the transplant waiting list seems to be less pronounced probably due to their better health conditions. The fatality rate in kidney transplant recipients is elevated and probably mostly related to comorbidities. Brazil is currently entering the second wave of the disease and it is crucial to find and provide means to protect such vulnerable populations.

Remote physical therapy during COVID-19 pandemic: guidelines in the Brazilian context

Introduction: On March 11, 2020, Covid-19 was characterized by the World Health Organization as a pandemic. In this context, different health professional councils have adopted initiatives to use communication technologies to provide services at a distance. Specifically, for physiotherapy, the Federal Council of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (COFFITO) made possible the modalities of teleconsultation, teleconsulting, and telemonitoring. Objective: This study aimed to develop guidelines for physiotherapists who provide teleservices, which will help ensure the safety and quality of their professional practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An integrative literature review was conducted through PubMed (National Library of Medicine), Cochrane Library, Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination Portal - CAPES, Virtual Health Library, Google Scholar, and personal experience within the team to develop guidelines for remote physical therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Initially, 3,298 articles were selected from all cited search bases, scaled to 2,031 after exclusion due to repetition, 78 were in compliance with the proposed study, 73 of which were excluded for not answering the guiding question;therefore, 5 articles were accepted for the final analysis and used for the elaboration of the guidelines. Conclusion: The results provide an overview of the literature and guidelines for physiotherapists to implement physiotherapy teleconsultation, as well as some of the challenges that need to be considered © 2022, Fisioterapia em Movimento.All Rights Reserved.