Document ID (ISN) | 103764 |
CIS number |
05-22 |
ISBN(s) |
972-8321-65-1 |
Year |
2004 |
Convention or series no. |
Segurança e saúde no trabalho: Divulgação 16
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Author(s) |
Parreira Cano M.M. |
Title |
Potential workplace exposure to microorganisms |
Original title |
Exposição potencial a microorganismos no local de trabalho [in Portuguese] |
Bibliographic information |
Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Inspecção das Condições de Trabalho (IDICT), Lisboa, Portugal, March 2004. 56p. Illus. |
Abstract |
This information booklet, which is primarily intended for employers and employees of small enterprises, describes the risks of potential workplace exposure to microorganisms. Contents: general aspects of workplace contamination and contagion; classification of microorganisms; evaluation of exposure hazard (hazard identification, epidemiological chain of events); measures aimed at preventing or reducing the risk (hygiene end personal protection measures, medical supervision, safety and health training); potential exposure of workers (contamination of ventilation systems, facade cleaning or building preservation work, work on archive documents, contamination of workplace air); workplace air quality control, occupations at risk of exposure to microorganisms or other biological agents; current legislation. |
Descriptors (primary) |
Portugal; microorganisms; risk factors; biological hazards; workplaces |
Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational hygiene; safety guides; tuberculosis; fungi; contagion; legionellosis; infectious hepatitis; smallpox; immunodeficiency syndrome; training manuals; containment; ventilation systems; hazard evaluation; waste disposal; personal protective equipment; health care personnel; handling of animals; agriculture; medical supervision; classification; sewage treatment; safety and health training; legal aspects |
Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
Country / State or Province | Portugal |
Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Viral diseases (other than aids) Biological hazards Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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