Linking Theory to Practice Flashcards
What follows diagnosis of occupational disease?
Risk assessment and then risk management.
List 5 steps of risk management according to the health and safety executive.
1 - Identify hazards.
2 - Decide who is at risk and how.
3 - Evaluate the risks (including control measures) and decide on precautions.
4 - Record findings and implement action plan.
5 - Review the assessment and update if necessary.
List 6 factors to be determined in a hazard analysis.
1 - The class of hazard.
2 - The source of the hazard.
3 - Hazard characteristics.
4 - People at risk of the hazard.
5 - Exposure circumstances (how and when it might occur).
6 - Measures that should be used to minimise risks.
List the 7 classes of hazard.
1 - Physical.
2 - Chemical.
3 - Biological.
4 - Psychosocial.
5 - Ergonomic.
6 - Mechanical.
7 - Safety.
List 7 factors that should be determined about the toxicokinetics of a hazard.
1 - Route of exposure.
2 - Concentration of the substance.
3 - Potential health effects, acute and chronic.
4 - Effects of combined exposures.
5 - Areas exposed.
6 - Target organs.
7 - Duration and pattern of exposure.
How are occupational exposure limits set?
1 - By measuring dose responses.
2 - By identifying the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL).
3 - Determine whether the desired level is achievable.
Define health surveillance.
The putting in place of systematic, regular and appropriate procedures
to detect early signs of work-related ill health
among employees exposed to certain health risks
and acting upon the results.
List 3 criteria that must be true for health surveillance to be appropriate.
1 - There is an identifiable disease related to exposure.
2 - There is a reasonable likelihood that disease will occur under the conditions of exposure.
3 - There is a valid technique for detecting disease.
List 6 pieces of information that are found during a site visit.
1 - Actual work practice.
2 - Use of control measures.
3 - Substances used / exposed to (can be found on material safety data sheets).
4 - Exposure levels.
5 - Circumstances of exposure.
6 - Health and safety arrangements.
List 6 pieces of information that are found in an assessment of symptoms of an occupational disease.
1 - Are the symptoms worse at work?
2 - Progression of symptoms.
3 - Onset of symptoms.
4 - Aggravating factors.
5 - Were the symptoms present in previous jobs?
6 - Are other workers suffering from the same symptoms?
List 2 investigations that might be done at a workplace.
1 - Exposure assessment.
2 - Health surveillance.
List 3 health surveillance tests.
1 - Respiratory questionnaires.
2 - Peak flow tests.
3 - Lung function tests.
What are the two components of an exposure assessment?
Give examples of procedures that might be done under each component.
1 - Environmental, e.g. noise, vibration, radiation tests and fixed point sampling tests for heat and light.
2 - Biological, e.g. blood, urine and breath tests..
