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| Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| This is the principal federal public
health agency involved with hazardous waste issues.
The agency helps prevent or reduce the harmful effects
of exposure to hazardous substances on human health.
ATSDR, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, was created by the Superfund
Law in 1980. |
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| American
Public Health Association |
| APHA is the oldest and largest organization
of public health professionals in the world, representing
more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations
of public health. |
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| Bloodborne Pathogens |
| OSHA webpage. |
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| Cancer
Resource |
| American Institute for Cancer Research.
An information program from the American Institute
for Cancer Research to help cancer patients and
their families understand more about cancer, its
treatment and the resources available to help them
in overcoming this disease. [Sorry, but this program
is only available for those in the US and Canada.] |
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| Contact: OCC-ENV-MED-L-request@LIST.MC.DUKE.EDU. |
| Purpose: Occupational
& Environmental Medicine. Three moderated forums
for announcements, dissemination of text files and
academic discussion. The forums are designed to
allow presentation of clinical vignettes, synopses
of new regulatory issues and reports of interesting
items from publications elsewhere (both the medical
and the non-medical journals). |
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| Contact: requests@list.ccohs.ca |
| Purpose: A means
of distributing messages to a group of individuals
with interests in occupational health and safety
in a Canadian context. Although the list is intended
primarily for Canadians, anyone with an interest
in Canadian occupational health and safety issues
is welcome to subscribe. Messages may be sent in
English or French. Archives of old e-mails are also
here. |
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| Creating
the Ergonomically Sound Workplace |
| By Lee Ostrom. The basic outline
and step-by-step approach of this book will show
those without experience or training how to diagnose
and correct ergonomic problems such as high absenteeism,
carpal tunnel syndrome, back strain, and stress-related
medical problems in order to prevent injuries and
improve performance. |
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| CTD
News Online |
| Source for information on cumulative
trauma disorder (CTDs) injuries and workplace repetitive
stress injuries, from carpal tunnel syndrome to
low back pain. |
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| Dental workers exposed to disinfectants
as part of decontamination |
| OSHA interpretation of 1910.1030. |
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| Drug
reactions kill an estimated 100,000 a year |
| Adverse reactions to prescription
and over-the-counter medicines kill more than 100,000
Americans and seriously injure an additional 2.1
million each year, researchers say. Such reactions
do not include prescribing errors or drug abuse.
News article from April 14, 1998 CNN. |
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| Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling
for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis |
| OSHA Directive CPL 2.106. |
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| EnviroDX |
| "EnviroDX is a multimedia, case-focused,
computer-based learning program on environmentally
related diseases. It is available on the World Wide
Web for free use by faculty, medical students, post-graduate
residents, and public health professionals." |
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| ErgAerobics:
Why does working @ my computer hurt so much? |
| By Perry Bonomo, Daniel Seidler,
John Piser (Illustrator). A comprehensive guide
to help computer users prevent and treat Computer
Induced Repetitive Stress Injuries (CIRSIs) such
as carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, neck pain,
headaches, TMJ, etc. |
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| ERGONOMICS |
| Click HERE
to see Amazon.com's broad selection of books on
ergonomics. |
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| Ergonomics:
How to Design for Ease and Efficiency |
| by K. H. E. Kroemer, Katrin Kroemer-Elbert
(Contributor), Henrike Kroemer (Contributor). A
reference book written by a practicing ergonomics
engineer, explores the "why" and "how"
of human engineering/ergonomics. |
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| Handbook
of Human Factors and Ergonomics |
| By Gavriel Salvendy
(Editor). This is the second edition of a book
that is considered THE reference for the rapidly
expanding fields of human factors and ergonomics.
Over 100 contributors representing the top specialists
in the world have written chapters on their areas
of expertise. This edition has been thoroughly
updated to include the most recent research and
applications. It also includes state-of-the-art
coverage of all aspects of the field such as equipment,
workplace, and job design; design for health and
safety. |
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| Hazardous Drugs |
| OSHA webpage. |
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| Health Care Facilities |
| OSHA webpage. |
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| Health, Risk &
Society Contact: SharronL@Carfax.co.uk |
| Purpose:
Health, Risk & Society is a new peer-reviewed
academic journal published by Carfax Publishing.
It is devoted to a theoretical and empirical understanding
of the social processes which influence the ways
in which risks are taken, communicated, assessed
and managed in relation to health and health care.
It is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral journal
and contributions are welcomed from a variety
of social sciences disciplines. You can register
to have tables of contents of Health, Risk &
Society, and all other Carfax journals, e-mailed
directly to your PC via the SARA (Scholarly Articles
Research Alerting) service. This is completely
free of charge. |
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| Hepatitis B Risks
in the Health Care System |
| OSHA Directive CPL
2-2.36. |
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| Injury
Central |
| The central location
for information on a variety of of injury topics.
Part of InjuryResources.com. |
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| Injury
Prevention Research Unit |
| University of Otago,
New Zealand. The site provides information about
the Unit, research it undertakes, publications
produced, etc. |
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| Job Safety and Health
Quarterly |
| This magazine is
published quarterly and is available online. It
is in Adobe format (.pdf) and the files are several
megabytes, so they take awhile to download. |
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| Management
of Biological Hazards & Diseases |
| free on-line lecture
course from The
SafetyLine Institute. The SafetyLine Institute
is an initiative of WorkSafe Western Australia,
which is a government organization responsible
for occupational safety and health enforcement
and information provision in Western Australia.
On-line enrollment is free of charge and is necessary
for student record keeping after passing the multiple
choice questions at the end of each lecture. |
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| MedExplorer |
| Medical/Health Related
Web Site Search Engine. Find the medical/health
site your looking for. New online search engine
that has twenty (29) searchable categories, lists
over 200+ newsgroups, searchable classifieds and
the MedExplorer Bookstore. |
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| National
Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Founded in 1887,
the National Institutes of Health today is one
of the world's foremost medical research centers,
and the Federal focal point for medical research
in the US The NIH, comprised of 25 separate Institutes
and Centers, is one of eight health agencies of
the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part
of the US Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| Needlestick Injuries |
| OSHA webpage. |
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| Occupational
Biomechanics |
| By Don B. Chaffin,
Bernard J. Martin, Gunnar B. Andersson. Explores
the biomechanical principles both in the prevention
of musculoskeletal disorders in industry and working
conditions and worker performance in general.
This Second Edition reflects the tremendous amount
of rapidly emerging knowledge that has taken place. |
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| Office of Occupational
Medicine (OOM) |
| Summary and Overview
of the OOM. OSHA. |
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| OSHA Publications |
| Some forms available
online, others may be ordered online. It is in
Adobe format (.pdf) and the files are several
megabytes, so they take awhile to download. |
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| OSHNET |
| OSHNET is the site
you are currently visiting. We try to bring you
a wide variety of carefully culled resources for
the occupational safety and health professional.
We hope you benefit from your stay here. Please
bookmark our site and come again! E-mail the webmaster
at: webmaster@osh.net |
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| Protection from
Hazards of Bloodborne Pathogens in Dentistry |
| OSHA interpretation. |
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| Safety
Online |
| A community for occupational
safety professionals. A free weekly e-mail newsletter
with a few brief feature articles and ads for
products. |
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| SafetyInfo.com |
| This is an interesting
and helpful little newsletter that includes a
variety of articles on occupational safety and
health. Their website also provides a large amount
of free info. Subscribe on their website. |
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| The
Ergonomics Edge : Improving Safety, Quality, and
Productivity |
| By Dan MacLeod. Workplace
ergonomics can be an advantage, not burden, to
really help improve your company's safety, quality,
productivity, workers' comp, turnover, absenteeism,
and sales. Use this book to help you convince
management of the value of ergonomic programs. |
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| The
Occupational Ergonomics Handbook |
| By Waldemar Karwowski
(Editor), William S. Marras (Editor). This Handbook
will provide comprehensive and state-of-the art
knowledge of industrial ergonomics and safety
to a worldwide market. There are 111 chapters
and approximately 125 contributors - the who's
who internationally in Ergonomics. |
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| The
Association of Occupational & Environmental
Clinics |
| A wonderful health
resource. "Established in 1987, the Association
of Occupational and Environmental clinics, a nonprofit
organization, is committed to improving the practice
of occupational and environmental health through
information sharing and collaborative research." |
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are lists you can subscribe to. |
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| Top
20 Hazardous Substances |
| ATSDR/EPA. This annual
evaluation activity fulfills the conditions of
CERCLA section 104 (i), as amended, which requires
ATSDR and EPA to revise the priority list of hazardous
substances periodically to include additional
hazardous substances. The full list of hazardous
chemicals is also available. |
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| Tuberculosis |
| OSHA fact sheet.
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| Waste Anesthetic
Gases |
| OSHA webpage. |
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| World
Wide Virtual Library |
| Public Health. The
WWW Virtual Library: Public Health provides comprehensive
coverage of relevant public health resources on
the Net. Organized according to 84 selected topics
and all countries. |
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