Global systematic review of occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitation and hygiene workers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sanitary workers are exposed to a variety of occupational hazards in a variety of working environments, which can result in occupational-related outcomes. As a result, the goal of this review was to identify occupational health and safety outcomes among sanitary workers worldwide.

Methods

PRISMA was used as flow diagram and PICOS was used review questions. The studies published in English were searched from databases and others methods ranging from 2000 to 2022. Boolean logic (AND, OR), MeSH, and keywords used: (Occupation *OR Job *OR Work) AND (Occupational related respiratory Symptoms *OR Disease) AND [Solid waste collectors (SWCs) *OR Street sweepers (SS) *OR Sewage workers and waste treatment (STWs)] AND (Countries).

Results

A total of 228 studies wer

SUBMITTER: Tolera ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763668 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature