DSH601 Occupational Disease PDF

DSH601 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE Faliza Mohd. Bejimin DSH601 Occupational Disease Department of Health Science INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH  Learning Outcome To explain the basic concepts of Occupational Health (OH) To define the impact of OH in the preventi...

DSH601 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE Faliza Mohd. Bejimin DSH601 Occupational Disease Department of Health Science INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH  Learning Outcome To explain the basic concepts of Occupational Health (OH) To define the impact of OH in the prevention of occupational accidents and disease To determine the promotion of health and safe workplace and prevention of disease  Definition of OH The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and welfare of workers in all occupations A joint ILO/WHO committee 1950  Definition of OH OH – promote health care of workers and creating awareness about importance of health and techniques to remain healthy. It aims at identifying occupational disease at an early preventive stage.  AIM OF OH 1. Health promotion at workplace 2. Maintained the existing health conditions 3. Reduce the impact of disease occurrence or health prevention  PURPOSE OF OH Generate morale Worker’s comfort Reduce medical bills Reduce absenteeism Complying legal requirement Think of any strategies of Health Promotion at Work:  FIELDS/ KNOWLEDGE THAT RELATED TO OH Occupational medicine Hygiene Industrial toxicology Ergonomics Epidemiology OH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS/BODIES IN MALAYSIA DOSH – legislation, standard, OSH promotion https://www.dosh.gov.my/index.php NIOSH – training, consultancy, research http://www.niosh.com.my/ SOCSO – compensation, OSH promotion https://www.perkeso.gov.my/ Ministry of Health https://www.moh.gov.my/ http://www.dosh.gov.my/index.php/statistic- v/occupational-diseases-statistic/1862- occupational-diseases-and-poisoning-investigation https://www.ilmia.gov.my/index.php/en/bda-noa https://www.perkeso.gov.my/index.php/en/social- security-protection-scheme/employment-injury- scheme PERSONAL INVOLVED IN OH Physician Occupational Health Doctor (OHD) Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) Occupational Hygienists Toxicologist Psychologist Microbiologist Epidemiologist Ergonomist  OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES Health education and promotion Health risk assessment Safety and health risk control Exposure monitoring Fitness to work Medical surveillance Medical treatment First aid Impair assessment  HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY THAT RELATED TO OH  Occupational disease is ___. A. Disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts. B. Medical illness caused by too little insulin or poor response to insulin. It can affect many parts of the body causing disease of small arteries and disease of peripheral nerves. C. A sharp pain along the course of a nerve. This severe nerve pain is caused by nerve compression or the breakdown of the protective myelin sheath surrounding the nerve.  Occupational health is ___. A. Promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations by preventing departures from health, controlling risks and the adaptation of work to people, and people to their jobs. B. Sleep problems characterized by difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking during the night or waking up earlier than desired C. Also called repetitive stress injury or typing injury, is an occupational overuse syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing  Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation A. restoration of blood circulation to prevent death and brain damage, using mouth-to-mouth breathing B. refers to the contaminant that is actually absorbed by the human body C. it is one of five methods of delivering EAR-mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-nose, mouth-to-nose-to-mouth, mouth-to-stoma and mouth-to-mask  OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DEFINE: An “occupational disease” is any disease contracted primarily as a result of an exposure to risk factors arising from work activity.