16. Occupational medicine. Unfavourable factors of working conditions. Occupational diseases.
Covers the subject and tasks of the occupational health service and defines occupational health and safety as the care of workers' safety, health and wellbeing at work. It then looks at workplace risk factors and a classification of modern forms of labour. The second part turns to occupational risk factors, occupational diseases, harmful factors linked to poor work organisation, and prevention. The note is illustrated with six pictures.
Topic 16 of 21 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Hygiene and Epidemiology (Dental Medicine, Year 3). The free AceMed note covers it in 2 sections, about 24 words (2 min of reading), with 32 flashcards.
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Subject and tasks of the occupational health service. Occupational health and safety (OHS). Risk factors in the workplace. Classification of modern forms of labor.
Occupational risk factors and occupational diseases. Harmful factors associated with poor work organization. Prevention.
Subject and tasks of the occupational health service. Occupational health and safety (OHS). Risk factors in the workplace. Classification of modern forms of labor.
Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a practice that deals with the safety, health, welfare and wellbeing of people when they are at work.
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