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Y3R7 - (Community) πŸ§‘β€πŸ§‘β€πŸ§’β€πŸ§’ > L27: Occupational Health Programs & Teams > Flashcards

L27: Occupational Health Programs & Teams Flashcards

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Background about safety and health of workers in Egypt

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Occupational health program

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Occupational health program

  • Measures for worker
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❢ Pre-employment health examination.
❷ Periodic health examination.
❸ Return to work health examinations.
❹ First aid services and emergency preparedness
❺ Training & health education.
❻ Data collection & record keeping
❼ disability evaluation & rehabilitation
❽ Health promotion activities

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Occupational health program

  • Measures for working place
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❢ Surveillance of the working environment

❷ Informing employer, enterprise management and
workers about occupational health hazards

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Measures for workplace environment

  • Surveillance of the working environment
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(Surveillance of the working environment)

The quality of the working environment …… has to be ensured by ….. at the workplace.

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  • in terms of compliance with safety and health standards
  • surveillance
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(Surveillance of the working environment)

According to ILO, ….. of the working environment is one of the main tasks of the …… services.

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  • surveillance
  • occupational health
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(Surveillance of the working environment)

  • Walk-through survey of the workplace is conducted, preferably by a ……
  • This should include interviews with:
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  • multidisciplinary occupational health team supplemented by employers’ and workers’ representatives.
  • ❢ Managers
    ❷ Foremen
    ❸ Workers
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(Surveillance of the working environment)

When needed, special safety, hygiene, ergonomic or psychological checks can be performed.

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..

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(Surveillance of the working environment)

Special checklists and guidelines are available and are recommended for such surveys

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…

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(Surveillance of the working environment)

The observations may indicate a need for specific measurements or checks which should be performed by specialists in

❢ occupational hygiene
❷ ergonomics
❸ toxicology
❹ safety engineering
❺ psychology.

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Measures for workplace environment

  • Informing about occupational health hazards
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(Informing about occupational health hazards)

  • Informing employer, enterprise management &
    workers about occupational health hazards
  • This information is communicated to …….
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❢ those responsible for implementing preventive
and control measures.

❷ to the workers exposed to these hazards

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Measures for workers

  • Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations
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Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations

  • Record the state of health of the worker at the beginning of employment in Certain Situattions where ……
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  • The worker is exposed to hazards which
    may affect certain body functions, base line levels of these functions should be evaluated during the preplacement
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Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations

Examples of Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations

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  • Audiometry in the case of noise exposure
  • Pulmonary functions in the case of exposure
    to irritant dust.
  • Evaluation of choline-esterase level in blood in the
    case of exposure to organo-phosphorus pesticides
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Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations

  • Discover diseases unknown to the worker so that …… can be given.
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early treatment

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Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations

  • Avoid employment of workers with infectious diseases until proper treatment is completed.
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…

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Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations

  • In doing a preplacement examination the occupational health physician should be …..
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familiar with the type of job of the prospective worker is going to perform and the type of hazard he will be exposed to.

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Measures for workers

  • Periodic health examinations
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Periodic health examinations

  • objective is to early detect occupational diseases at a stage when they can be ……
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❢ treated
❷ their progress stopped or slowed down.

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Periodic health examinations

  • Examinations focus particularly on the organs or systems affected by the occupational exposure dust. e.g:
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❢ A chest X-ray is necessary exposure to fibrogenic.

❷ An audiogram in exposure to noise.

❸ Evaluation of lead in blood exposure to lead fumes or dust

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Periodic health examinations

  • These are performed at …… during employment which involves exposure to potential hazards that ……
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  • periodic intervals
  • could not be entirely eliminated by preventive and control measures.
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Periodic health examinations

  • Examples
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❢ silica exposed workers Every 2 years

❷ radiation exposed workers Every 6 months

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Measures for workers

  • Return-to-work health examinations
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Importance of Return-to-work health examinations

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❢ determines the workers’ suitability for the job

❷ recommends appropriate actions to protect them against future exposures

❸ identifies whether there is a need for a reassignment or a special rehabilitation.

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Return-to-work health examinations

  • This type of health assessment is required to …..
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authorize the resumption of work after a long absence for health reasons

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Measures for workers

  • First aid services and emergency preparedness
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  • This covers preparedness for accidents and
    acute health conditions in individual workers
  • As well as readiness for response in collaboration
    with other emergency services in cases of serious
    accidents affecting the entire enterprise.
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Measures for workers

  • Training & health education
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Training & health education

  • They should participate in the progressive and continuing training of all workers in the enterprise who contribute to occupational safety and health.
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…

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Training & health education

  • Occupational health professionals …..
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Measures for workers

  • Data collection & record keeping
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Data collection & record keeping

  • It is important that all …… be properly documented and the records safely stored so that, if necessary for ………., they may be retrieved years and even decades later
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  • ❢ medical contacts ❷ assessments ❸ surveys
  • follow-up health examinations, legal or research purposes
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Disability evaluation & Rehabilitation

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Measures for workers

  • Disability evaluation & Rehabilitation
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Disability evaluation & Rehabilitation

  • Aim of disability evaluation
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To determine
- amount of compensation
- fitness for work

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Health promotion activities

  • Wellness programs include:
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❢ health education
❷ stress management
❸ assessment of health risks.

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Disability evaluation & Rehabilitation

  • Aim of rehabilitation
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  • restore physical, mental, social capabilities of the worker
  • increase productivity
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Health promotion activities

  • Aim
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They usually aim at changing personal health practices with a view to improving overall health status and reducing absenteeism
such as:
❢ alcohol
❷ drug abuse
❸ smoking
❹ diet and physical exercise

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Members of Occupational health team

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  • Physician
  • Hygienist
  • Epidemeologist
  • Nurse
  • Ergonomist
  • Safety Engineer
  • Lawyer
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Role of Physician

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Diagnosis & treatment of occupational diseases
(surveillance of workersαΎ½ health-disability evaluation)

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Role of Hygeinist

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❢ Recognition & evaluation of hazards (Quantitative
assessment)

❷ Designing control measures

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Role of Epidemiologist

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❢ Identifying hazards & Controlling hazards

❷ Evaluation of services

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Role of Nurse

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❢ Implement preventive& therapeutic services
❷ Share in HE& training as regards safety and health
❸ First aid services

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Role of Ergonomist

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Provide environment without physical or mental strain

  • Examples
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Static body and holding positions should be avoided.

  • For instance, persons working at a computer terminal should be reminded to do a short walking task every 20 minutes
  • Objects can be placed on a supporting surface instead of handheld.
  • Eliminating the waist motion such that everything needed is within arm’s reach will reduce stress on back, neck, and shoulders.
  • The less torso movement, the better
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The less torso movement, the better

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Role of Safety Engineer

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❢ Provide safe work environment by designing preventive and control measures at workplace

❷ Maintenance of all related equipment

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Role of Lawyer

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  • Control legal aspects and assure that all legal rules related to workers health and workplace environment are achieve
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Done

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