hygine practice.ppt
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OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE
PRACTICE
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Facts and Figures from WHO
40-50% of the Worlds population areat work related risk, being exposed to
Physical,Chemical,
Biological,
Psychological or
Ergonomic hazards.
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Facts and Figures From WHO
Some 120 million occupational accidents withmore than 200 thousands fatalities are
estimated to occur annually in the world andbetween 68 and 157 million new cases ofwork related diseases may be caused byvarious types of occupational exposures
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Facts and Figures from OH & SNews Letter( 2009)
one worker die, every 15 seconds dueto occupation and Every 15
seconds,160 workers had accidents inthe industrial situation. It is estimatedthat everyday, about 5500 workersdied due to occupation and 10 lacksaccidents occurred.
Ref;Salamati,News letter , 99,April,2009
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WHO GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION ONWORKERS HEALTH TO PROTECT AND PRAMOTE HEALTH
AT WORKPLACE
TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF ANDACCESS TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
TO PROVIDE AND COMMUNICATE EVIDENCEFOR ACTION AND PRACTICE
TO INCORPARATE WORKERS HAELTH INTO OTHER POLICIES
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Occupational health is considered with to
deal with the health problems related toenvironmental conditions at the places of
employment
while
occupational hygiene is concerned withthe chemical and physical stresses thatmay impair the health and welfare of theworkers
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Relative areas of action
for occupational
Physicians& hygienists.
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Recommended Book forOccupational Hygiene
Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology By Patty(Revised Edition,Vol 1,2,3)Also Available in aform of CD
Industrial Hygiene by: Robert W Allen,Michael D Ellis and Andrew W Hart
Occupational Health Practices By : R S FSchilling
Fundamentals of Industrial Safety & HealthBy : K U Mistry
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DEFINATION OFOCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE Occupational hygiene is defined as the practice of those
science and arts devoted to the anticipation, identification,evaluation and control of occupational stresses, arising inor from the work place which may cause sickness,impaired health and well being or significant discomfort
Occupational hygiene is a science devoted to theanticipation ,recognition (or identification ), evaluation andcontrol of hazards arising in or from the work place which
would impair the health and well being of people at work,while also taking into account the possible impacts on thegeneral environment.
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Objectives of occupational hygieneprogrammes involve :
Anticipation,RecognitionEvaluation and
Control of work environment.
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Industrial Hygiene Programme.
Recognizedthe Various
stresses
generated in a
particularwork
environment(
qualitative
assessment)
Evaluation in terms ofits magnitude an
operation that
involves one or more
measurements withthe insights gain
through past
experience.(quantitat
ive assessment)
Stress mustbe
controlled
through
engineering
methods
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Industrial Hygiene=Science ofExposure Assessment + Control
The science of qualitative andquantitative exposure assessment is
applied in determining the extent ofexposure
These data are then used indetermining the need for implementingprevention and control measures