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- World AIDS Day – 1 December
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The health care sector presents a large number of hazards and risks and complex occupational safety and health management problems, including diseases such as AIDS. In this respect, prevention of sharps injuries is particularly important. It is not just medical professionals who are at risk. Auxiliary staff such as cleaners and laundry staff can also be at significant risk. To address this problem, Directive 2010/32/EU to prevent sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector was adopted. Member States shall implement the directive by 11 May 2013 at the latest.
EU-OSHA supports the implementation of the directive and prevention of HIV/AIDS by providing good practice resources including information on:
Prevention from sharp injuries at the workplace
- World Mental Health Day – 10 October
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10th October is World Mental Health Day. The time to remind ourselves and others that mental health is an important aspect of general health – a value that should not be underestimated. The workplace can be a particularly important setting to maintain good mental health through both prevention of psychosocial risks and promotion of mental health.
For more information on mental health at the workplace and how to improve it, visit these EU-OSHA resources:
Prevention of work-related stress
Management of psychosocial risks in the ESENER enterprise survey
- INT - NIOSH List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings to Minimize Exposure and Reduce Health Risks
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About 8 million U.S. healthcare workers are potentially exposed to hazardous drugs, including pharmacy and nursing personnel, physicians, environmental services workers, workers in research laboratories, veterinary care workers, and shipping and receiving personnel.
- Operating Theater
- Operating Theater
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Importance of Light
- Sometimes we need the light more..it was taken a full body harness manufacturer in Germany..
- Look at the wall
- I took this photo in a organ manufacturer.The man welding iron material wasn't using the any mask against welding gases. I took notice of the picture on the wall. There was a baby which puts personal protective equipment!And I learned that that child was son of other worker who works in the same section with him. Sometimes emotional figures urges us to protect ourselves but it should be a culture.
- Vigilar tu salud también es prevenir
- La fotografía "Vigilar tu salud también es prevenir" trata sobre la importancia que tiene a la hora de prevenir alteraciones en la salud de los trabajadores, que éstos se sometan a una vigilancia de su estado de salud en función de los riesgos a los que están expuestos en sus trabajos.
- "Do it right!"
- Use the medical dispositives in order to prevent accidentally puncture,spurt of blood, or other organic liquids that can transmits infection,not only its important, its the primordial thing, we all the time are living with the risk, and the situation of emergency that can make our job even more risky.
- Equipe medica 04
- Medical team at work in the operating room. The particular "uniform" is necessary to ensure absolute sterility and safety, given the delicate nature of the surgery performed: hip prosthesis.
- ibo3
- 2011-08-31.1654084801
- Instead the bench
- These men don't thinking about preventiv measures. They worked and my presence didn't stare them. Maybe, they thout that they are working in righ way.
- 2011-08-31.9356792158
- Working at such high altitudes requires a special certificate of health. If someone gets sick or injured, it's a long way down to the ground. The technicians are trained to help their colleagues down if an accident happens.
- Small boatyard in Sicily-4
- In a small boatyard on the coasts of Sicily, Italy , workers comprise locals and foreigners, mainly from far East. The working environment is rough and poor, the boatyard being settled under a motorway. In the heat of sicilian summer, the construction process is carried on partly in some huge, basic sheds, partly on oper air. Workers wear safety gloves and masks.
- pick-up honey
- Beekeeper opens the slice with honey.
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- World AIDS Day – 1 December
-
The health care sector presents a large number of hazards and risks and complex occupational safety and health management problems, including diseases such as AIDS. In this respect, prevention of sharps injuries is particularly important. It is not just medical professionals who are at risk. Auxiliary staff such as cleaners and laundry staff can also be at significant risk. To address this problem, Directive 2010/32/EU to prevent sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector was adopted. Member States shall implement the directive by 11 May 2013 at the latest.
EU-OSHA supports the implementation of the directive and prevention of HIV/AIDS by providing good practice resources including information on:
Prevention from sharp injuries at the workplace
- World Mental Health Day – 10 October
-
10th October is World Mental Health Day. The time to remind ourselves and others that mental health is an important aspect of general health – a value that should not be underestimated. The workplace can be a particularly important setting to maintain good mental health through both prevention of psychosocial risks and promotion of mental health.
For more information on mental health at the workplace and how to improve it, visit these EU-OSHA resources:
Prevention of work-related stress
Management of psychosocial risks in the ESENER enterprise survey
- INT - NIOSH List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings to Minimize Exposure and Reduce Health Risks
-
About 8 million U.S. healthcare workers are potentially exposed to hazardous drugs, including pharmacy and nursing personnel, physicians, environmental services workers, workers in research laboratories, veterinary care workers, and shipping and receiving personnel.
- Operating Theater
- Operating Theater
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Hellenic Red Cross
- Importance of Light
- Sometimes we need the light more..it was taken a full body harness manufacturer in Germany..
- Look at the wall
- I took this photo in a organ manufacturer.The man welding iron material wasn't using the any mask against welding gases. I took notice of the picture on the wall. There was a baby which puts personal protective equipment!And I learned that that child was son of other worker who works in the same section with him. Sometimes emotional figures urges us to protect ourselves but it should be a culture.
- Vigilar tu salud también es prevenir
- La fotografía "Vigilar tu salud también es prevenir" trata sobre la importancia que tiene a la hora de prevenir alteraciones en la salud de los trabajadores, que éstos se sometan a una vigilancia de su estado de salud en función de los riesgos a los que están expuestos en sus trabajos.
- "Do it right!"
- Use the medical dispositives in order to prevent accidentally puncture,spurt of blood, or other organic liquids that can transmits infection,not only its important, its the primordial thing, we all the time are living with the risk, and the situation of emergency that can make our job even more risky.
- Equipe medica 04
- Medical team at work in the operating room. The particular "uniform" is necessary to ensure absolute sterility and safety, given the delicate nature of the surgery performed: hip prosthesis.
- ibo3
- 2011-08-31.1654084801
- Instead the bench
- These men don't thinking about preventiv measures. They worked and my presence didn't stare them. Maybe, they thout that they are working in righ way.
- 2011-08-31.9356792158
- Working at such high altitudes requires a special certificate of health. If someone gets sick or injured, it's a long way down to the ground. The technicians are trained to help their colleagues down if an accident happens.
- Small boatyard in Sicily-4
- In a small boatyard on the coasts of Sicily, Italy , workers comprise locals and foreigners, mainly from far East. The working environment is rough and poor, the boatyard being settled under a motorway. In the heat of sicilian summer, the construction process is carried on partly in some huge, basic sheds, partly on oper air. Workers wear safety gloves and masks.
- pick-up honey
- Beekeeper opens the slice with honey.
