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HYGENIC ASSESSMENT OF THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGICAL DOCTORS

Summary/Abstract: Background: Doctors of obstetrics and gynecology perform their professional duties under the influence of different occupational factors. Some of these factors are harmful and a detailed study of their impact on the health of health care workers is required.Aim of the study: The study was a hygienic assessment of the working conditions of obstetricians and gynecologists, with the aim of identifying possible professional health risks.Material and methods: The working conditions of 102 obstetricians and gynecologists working in the Grodno region in 2015 were investigated by using the data from their most recent workplace certification and by analyzing the hygienic parameters measured by the laboratory service of the Grodno regional center of hygiene, epidemiology, and public health.Results: We have described all the occupational factors which were present in the workplaces of obstetricians and gynecologists and have indicated the possible risks posed by these factors to the health of the professionals. We have established that the presence of extragenital pathologies in female obstetricians and gynecologists, arising as a result of contact with harmful occupational factors, contributes to abnormalities in the functioning of the female reproductive system during preparation for pregnancy, and to the development of complications of pregnancy and delivery.Conclusions: The working conditions of obstetricians and gynecologists may cause deterioration of the health of these professionals. Therefore, the creation and implementation of new preventive technologies for levelling the adverse impact of occupational factors represents an important scientific and practical problem.

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