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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