Download or read book The A Z of Health and Safety written by Jeremy Stranks and published by Thorogood Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The A-Z of Health and Safety is a major new reference work by an acknowledged expert in an area of crucial importance to every British organization, large and small, private and public. With over 100 entries arranged in an accessible index format, this extensive and fully up to date book covers everything that the Health & Safety professional needs to know in order to conform with both the law and best practice. Health and safety law and practice has changed considerably in recent years. We live in an increasingly litigious society and managers and owners face a growing number of responsibilities and obligations. With its risk assessment-based approach, this book provides a clear, expert summary of the law, issues, risks and obligations under each of the topics covered. The range of entries is extensive and the guidance both expert and practical. This book will prove a constant source of reference and assurance to health and safety specialists across industry and commerce, HR professionals, engineering managers, lawyers, environmental health officers, safety representatives, lecturers and trainers and all those studying for degree level and NEBOSH qualifications. In addition, it will be invaluable to managers of organizations which do not have a health and safety or HR manager but who nevertheless need to know where they stand and what to do.
Download or read book Health Safety and Nutrition Activities A to Z written by Joanne Matricardi and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health, Safety, and Nutrition Activities A to Z presents a detailed lesson plan format of open-ended activities. Users will enjoy the activities as they explore different options to live a healthy, safe, and nutritious life. The activities are easy-to-understand and follow. Each section will assist users in finding activities for a theme based curriculum, to incorporate a letter of the week, or provide a spur of the moment filler activity.
Download or read book Making Healthcare Safe written by Lucian L. Leape and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and engaging open access title provides a compelling and ground-breaking account of the patient safety movement in the United States, told from the perspective of one of its most prominent leaders, and arguably the movement’s founder, Lucian L. Leape, MD. Covering the growth of the field from the late 1980s to 2015, Dr. Leape details the developments, actors, organizations, research, and policy-making activities that marked the evolution and major advances of patient safety in this time span. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, this book not only comprehensively details how and why human and systems errors too often occur in the process of providing health care, it also promotes an in-depth understanding of the principles and practices of patient safety, including how they were influenced by today’s modern safety sciences and systems theory and design. Indeed, the book emphasizes how the growing awareness of systems-design thinking and the self-education and commitment to improving patient safety, by not only Dr. Leape but a wide range of other clinicians and health executives from both the private and public sectors, all converged to drive forward the patient safety movement in the US. Making Healthcare Safe is divided into four parts: I. In the Beginning describes the research and theory that defined patient safety and the early initiatives to enhance it. II. Institutional Responses tells the stories of the efforts of the major organizations that began to apply the new concepts and make patient safety a reality. Most of these stories have not been previously told, so this account becomes their histories as well. III. Getting to Work provides in-depth analyses of four key issues that cut across disciplinary lines impacting patient safety which required special attention. IV. Creating a Culture of Safety looks to the future, marshalling the best thinking about what it will take to achieve the safe care we all deserve. Captivatingly written with an “insider’s” tone and a major contribution to the clinical literature, this title will be of immense value to health care professionals, to students in a range of academic disciplines, to medical trainees, to health administrators, to policymakers and even to lay readers with an interest in patient safety and in the critical quest to create safe care.
Download or read book The Big Book of Symptoms written by Steven P. Shelov and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes first aid, choking, and CPR chart.
Download or read book Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health written by Pedro M. Arezes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a number of important issues in the area of occupational safety and hygiene. Presenting both research and best practices for the evaluation of occupational risk, safety and health in various types of industry, it particularly focuses on occupational safety in automated environments, innovative management systems and occupational safety in a global context. The different chapters examine the perspectives of all those involved, such as managers, workers and OSH professionals. Based on selected contributions presented at the 15th International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2019), held on 15–16 April, 2019, in Guimarães, Portugal, the book serves as a timely reference guide and source of inspiration to OSH researchers, practitioners and organizations operating in a global context.
Download or read book Safe Management of Wastes from Health care Activities written by Yves Chartier and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2014 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the WHO handbook on the safe, sustainable and affordable management of health-care waste--commonly known as "the Blue Book". The original Blue Book was a comprehensive publication used widely in health-care centers and government agencies to assist in the adoption of national guidance. It also provided support to committed medical directors and managers to make improvements and presented practical information on waste-management techniques for medical staff and waste workers. It has been more than ten years since the first edition of the Blue Book. During the intervening period, the requirements on generators of health-care wastes have evolved and new methods have become available. Consequently, WHO recognized that it was an appropriate time to update the original text. The purpose of the second edition is to expand and update the practical information in the original Blue Book. The new Blue Book is designed to continue to be a source of impartial health-care information and guidance on safe waste-management practices. The editors' intention has been to keep the best of the original publication and supplement it with the latest relevant information. The audience for the Blue Book has expanded. Initially, the publication was intended for those directly involved in the creation and handling of health-care wastes: medical staff, health-care facility directors, ancillary health workers, infection-control officers and waste workers. This is no longer the situation. A wider range of people and organizations now have an active interest in the safe management of health-care wastes: regulators, policy-makers, development organizations, voluntary groups, environmental bodies, environmental health practitioners, advisers, researchers and students. They should also find the new Blue Book of benefit to their activities. Chapters 2 and 3 explain the various types of waste produced from health-care facilities, their typical characteristics and the hazards these wastes pose to patients, staff and the general environment. Chapters 4 and 5 introduce the guiding regulatory principles for developing local or national approaches to tackling health-care waste management and transposing these into practical plans for regions and individual health-care facilities. Specific methods and technologies are described for waste minimization, segregation and treatment of health-care wastes in Chapters 6, 7 and 8. These chapters introduce the basic features of each technology and the operational and environmental characteristics required to be achieved, followed by information on the potential advantages and disadvantages of each system. To reflect concerns about the difficulties of handling health-care wastewaters, Chapter 9 is an expanded chapter with new guidance on the various sources of wastewater and wastewater treatment options for places not connected to central sewerage systems. Further chapters address issues on economics (Chapter 10), occupational safety (Chapter 11), hygiene and infection control (Chapter 12), and staff training and public awareness (Chapter 13). A wider range of information has been incorporated into this edition of the Blue Book, with the addition of two new chapters on health-care waste management in emergencies (Chapter 14) and an overview of the emerging issues of pandemics, drug-resistant pathogens, climate change and technology advances in medical techniques that will have to be accommodated by health-care waste systems in the future (Chapter 15).
Download or read book The A Z of Employment Practice written by David M. Martin and published by Thorogood Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comes at a time when managers are faced withstill more new legislation, obligations and potentialpenalties. This is an essentially practical book: in astraightforward, no-jargon manner it explains what thelaw is and then what to do, providing expert advice onevery aspect of employment practice from recruitment, payand ......
Download or read book Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health care and Social service Workers written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health and Safety Aspects of Food Processing Technologies written by Abdul Malik and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food processing is expected to affect content, activity and bioavailability of nutrients; the health-promoting capacity of food products depends on their processing history. Traditional technologies, such as the use of antimicrobials and thermal processing, are efficient in increasing nutritional value to an extent, though they may not be effective at addressing food safety, particularly when it comes to maintaining the food's molecular structure. Modern food processing plants improve the quality of life for people with allergies, diabetics, and others who cannot consume some common food elements. Food processing can also add extra nutrients, such as vitamins. Processed foods are often less susceptible to early spoilage than fresh foods and are better suited for long-distance transportation from the source to the consumer. However, food processing can also decrease the nutritional value of foods and introduce hazards not encountered with naturally occurring products. Processed foods often include food additives, such as flavourings and texture-enhancing agents, which may have little or no nutritive value, and may in fact be unhealthy. This book deals with the subject of food processing in a unique way, providing an overview not only of current techniques in food processing and preservation (i.e., dairy, meat, cereal, vegetables, fruits and juice processing, etc.) but also the health and safety aspects: food technologies that improve nutritional quality of foods, functional foods, and nanotechnology in the food and agriculture industry. The text also looks into the future by defining current bottlenecks and future research goals. This work will serve as a ready reference for the subject matter to students and researchers alike.
Download or read book The African American Teenagers Guide to Personal Growth Health Safety Sex and Survival written by Debrah Harris-Johnson and published by Amber Books Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the world and how to live in it successfully, discussing safety, survival, sex, money, time, and responsibility.
Download or read book A Z of Learning Outside the Classroom written by Russell Grigg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning outside the classroom has been high on the political agenda for several years now, but recent Ofsted reports indicate that this can be confined to termly or yearly trips, as an 'extra'. This book provides a convincing and readable promotion of regular outdoor learning. It draws on relevant research to reinforce that working in 'real' environments benefits children's all-round development – cognitively, emotionally, physically and spiritually. This is illustrated through a wide range of engaging activities, from how to make a scarecrow, to interpreting a painting in a gallery, from getting the best from a library visit, to how best to attack a medieval castle. This practical guide for busy teachers will help them to link what they do in and out of the class. It's a must for every staffroom bookshelf.
Download or read book Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Fire and Explosion Investigators written by Michael Donahue and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire and explosion investigators across federal, state, local, and private sectors, as well as self-employed professionals, routinely encounter hundreds of incidents daily. These scenes pose numerous health and safety risks, potentially leading to injuries, illnesses, and fatalities if not responsibly managed. Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all responders, including firefighting personnel and investigators, is paramount. Investigators have the unique task of determining the origin, cause, and responsibility of these events, often confronting complex and dangerous health and safety-related challenges. Historically, many organizations and investigators have underestimated the risks associated with fire and explosion scene investigations, resulting in insufficient attention and funding for health and safety-related equipment, programs, and training. However, the acute and chronic adverse health effects on firefighters have driven decades of research and studies, leading to increased awareness and funding for essential equipment, programs, and training. The focus on firefighters' health and safety should also extend to fire and explosion investigators, addressing their immediate and long-term needs and well-being. Fire and explosion sites present a range of risks, including physical, chemical, toxicological, and biological hazards. Investigators must contend with respiratory threats from burning materials and plastic furnishings, which release a cocktail of toxic and carcinogenic compounds. They also face dangers from concealed electrical hazards in standing water, hidden floor openings, slippery surfaces, unstable structures, and leaking gas lines. Many other unseen dangers can harm those who fail to recognize and mitigate them effectively. The health and safety of investigators depend on their sensory perception and situational awareness abilities, which are essential for conducting thorough hazard and risk assessments and the documentation of proper safety measures. Vigilance, ongoing training, and strict adherence to safety protocols are vital for investigators working in these hazardous environments. The 12-Step Program for Transforming the Health and Safety of Fire and Explosion Investigators, detailed in this book, provides a comprehensive blueprint for developing and implementing robust occupational health and safety policies, programs, practices, and training essential for protecting investigators throughout their careers and into retirement.
Download or read book A Z of Biorefinery written by Nuttha Thongchul and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A-Z of Biorefinery: A Comprehensive View provides a comprehensive book that highlights and illustrates important topics relating to biorefineries, including associated theory, current and future research trends, available techniques and future challenges. This book will benefit a wide range of audiences, including students, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and those who are keen to explore more on biorefinery. Sections cover the availability of current technologies, constraints, market trends, recent system developments, and the concepts that enable modern biorefineries to utilize all kinds of biomass. This book is an essential resource for students, scientists, engineers and practitioners working in industry and academia. - Covers the most important topics relating to biorefineries - Provides related definitions, theories, overviews of methods, applications and important references - Offers perspectives and concise reviews for each section - Includes complete design case studies with tutorials
Download or read book Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z written by Julie Rovner and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential guide for libraries, policy makers, and anyone concerned with health care in America has now been fully updated Readers will find updated information on long term health care spending, abortion, Medicaid and Medicare, health insurance and the uninsured, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and much, much more. New entries reflect important changes in recent years and include the Medicare Modernization Act, abstinence education, electronic health records, health savings accounts, Plan B, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and Project BioShield.
Download or read book Public Health A Z for Youth written by Melody Chang and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-24 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Public Health A-Z for Youth" book provides a friendly, easy-to-understand overview of 26 public health topics: one for each letter of the alphabet. Accompanied with eye-catching graphics and interactive activities, the goal of this book is to provide children with a hands-on, engaging learning experience in the field of public health. This book is the first book that presents public health topics in a comprehensive and systematic manner for young children. This book aims to fill the gap in elementary public health education and teach children about important public health topics early on. After reading this book, children will be able to apply this information to their own lives by practicing healthy habits, looking out for warning signs, and spreading awareness to their friends and family members. Prevention and early detection is key to improving the health status of our communities and reducing healthcare costs, especially during this pandemic.All profits will go towards printing and donating more books for children in need (ex: orphanages, Title I elementary schools, hospitals, etc).
Download or read book Cognitive Informatics written by Kai Zheng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book addresses gaps in the understanding of how health information technology (IT) impacts on clinical workflows and how the effective implementation of these workflows are central to the safe and effective delivery of care to patients. It features clearly structured chapters covering a range of topics, including aspects of clinical workflows relevant to both practitioners and patients, tools for recording clinical workflow data techniques for potentially redesigning health IT enabled care coordination. Cognitive Informatics: Reengineering Clinical Workflow for More Efficient and Safer Care enables readers to develop a deeper understanding of clinical workflows and how these can potentially be modified to facilitate greater efficiency and safety in care provision, providing a valuable resource for both biomedical and health informatics professionals and trainees.
Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
