[Key mechanisms of damage and adaptation in the body under the multi-factoral effect of ecotoxicants]. / Kliuchevye mekhanizmy povrezhdeniia i adaptatsii v organizme pri mnogofaktorom vliianii ékotoksikantov.

Toxicants, that are present in chemical productions, influence functioning of protective mechanisms of the workers. The examined people have an increased content of the average molecular mass oligopeptides, changed ionic molecular composition of blood. Antioxidant protection with catalase participation is high. The accelerated replacement of membrane components displays an adaptation of organism to the chemical stress conditions.

['Wrong beds', a continuous misunderstanding?]. / 'Verkeerde bedden', een blijvende misstand?

The run-off of hospital patients to nursing homes is insufficient. In the hospital that was examined 10% of the available beds were occupied by patients who belonged in nursing homes. In the region concerned 3% of the available nursing home beds would be sufficient to solve this problem. For human and financial considerations reservation of nursing beds for this purpose is to be preferred to the current temporary provision that labels the hospital bed financially as a nursing home bed.