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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers: study protocol for the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study
country’s income level. Results As of August 2021, ~ 34,000 health workers have been recruited. A general characterization of the recruited samples by sociodemographic and workplace variables is presented. ...
Belgian recommendations for analytical verification and validation of immunohistochemical tests in laboratories of anatomic pathology
a quality management system in anatomic pathology laboratories has been reviewed to meet this demand and additionally to prepare the laboratories for the EU — IVD revised regulations (IVDR). This paper ...
BY-COVID Educational Toolkit
civil servants. Based on the scientific work in the project, an educational toolkit was created, that is understandable and usable for a wide audience. Case studies have been produced to illustrate issues relating ...
Microbial quality analysis of falsified medicines seized by controling agencies
research project, which has been published in a peer-reviewed article [1] (see appendix 13.5). In addition to the biological risks associated with the use of these type of medicinal products, also the ...
The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Robby De Pauw; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Lander Willem; Jure Jurcevic; Pierre Smith; Aline Scohy; Grant M A Wyper; Sara Monteiro Pires; Nina ...
Global and regional estimates of genital human papillomavirus prevalence among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Diseases Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Young adult Abstract: BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) in women has been well documented. Less is known about the epidemiology of HPV in men. We ...
Linking nanomaterial-induced mitochondrial dysfunction to existing adverse outcome pathways for chemicals.
nanomaterials (NM s). However, only subtle efforts have been made to integrate information on NM-induced toxicity into existing AOP s. In a previous study, we identified AOP s in the AOP-Wiki associated with the ...
Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022
Environment, Volume 899 (2023) Keywords: ARIMA COVID-19 Flow rate PMMoV wastewater surveillance Abstract: Background: Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been implemented to monitor surges of COVID-19. Yet, ...
Determination of vaccine bacterial endotoxins content by the rFC method
endotoxin in bacterial vaccines. The limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) and the recombinant factor C (rFC) assays are suitable for all vaccines tested. The rFC method has been implemented at Sciensano for batch ...
Were SARS-CoV-2 self-tests used for their intended purpose? The experience in Belgium.
Tinne Lernout Source: BMC Health Serv Res, Volume 23, Issue 1 (2023) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Self-testing has been promoted as a means of increasing COVID-19 test coverage. In Belgium, self-testing was ...