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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0465-546X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. segur. trab.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0465-546X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo. Instituto de Salud Carlos III]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0465-546X2018000200119</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[¿Es adecuado el lavado de la ropa laboral de los profesionales de las ambulancias de urgencia en España?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Emergency Ambulance Professionals in Spain, Is The Working Clothes Washing Appropriate?]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arenal Gota]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tania]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viana Gárriz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Belzunegui Otano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tomás]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,CPF Emergencias  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Navarra]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>64</volume>
<numero>251</numero>
<fpage>119</fpage>
<lpage>130</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0465-546X2018000200119&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0465-546X2018000200119&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0465-546X2018000200119&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: Según el estudio EPINE-EPPS del 9 de Noviembre de 2017 realizado en 313 hospitales españoles y estudiado a 61.673 pacientes, de ellos 1493 ya la tenían antes del ingreso.  Objetivo: Valorar si el personal de urgencias extrahospitalarias limpia correctamente su uniforme ya que es muy común que laven esta ropa en sus domicilios.  Material y Métodos: Consistió en estudio descriptivo de las variables cerradas, con una población de estudio de 126 profesionales. Se les encuestó a través de una aplicación de formulario Google. El tiempo que permaneció abierto el acceso a la encuesta fue de Junio a Noviembre de 2017. Los datos se analizaron con el programa informático R y ha consistido en la obtención de tablas de frecuencias absolutas y relativas. También para cada par de variables, se han realizado los contrastes de independencia exactos de Fisher y para todas aquellas tablas de contingencia 2x2, se ha calculado el Odds Ratio junto a su intervalo de confianza a nivel 95%.  Resultados: Tipo de servicio en el que se trabaja y cuestión sobre si la empresa lava la ropa (p-valor = 0.00). El Odds Ratio muestra que la razón de encuestados cuya empresa lava la ropa en el tipo de servicio público es 17,53 veces la razón en el servicio privado.  Conclusiones: Más de la mitad de los encuestados lava la ropa laboral en su domicilio todos los días que trabaja con el consiguiente riesgo que eso genera de que los microorganismos se queden en su lavadora. Además, desconocer también qué tipo de lavado es el adecuado disminuye su vida útil.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: According to the EPINE-EPPS study of November 9, 2017 carried out in 313 Spanish hospitals and studied 61,673 patients, 1493 of them had already it before admission.  Objective: To evaluate if the outpatient emergency staff clean their uniform correctly, since it is very common to wash these clothes at home.  Material and Methods: Consisted in a descriptive study of closed variables, with a study population of 126 professionals. They were surveyed through a Google Form application. The time for getting access to the survey remained open from June to November 2017. The data was analyzed with the computer program R obtaining tables of absolute and relative frequencies. Also for each pair of variables, the contrasts of Fisher&#8217;s exact test of independence have been made, and for all those 2x2 contingency tables the Odds Ratio has been calculated together with its 95% confidence interval.  Results: Type of service in which it is being worked and the question about whether the company washes clothing (p-value = 0.00). The Odds Ratio shows that the ratio of respondents whose company washes clothes in the public service type is 17.53 times the ratio in the private service.  Conclusions: More than half of the respondents wash their working clothes at home every day they work, causing the consequent risk that the microorganisms can remain in their washing machine. In addition, not knowing what type of washing is also the most appropriate will decrease its useful life.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Microorganismos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ropa Laboral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lavado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ambulancias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Urgencias Extrahospitalarias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Microorganisms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Working clothes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Washing]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ambulances]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Out-of-hospital Emergencies]]></kwd>
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