Document ID (ISN) | 57915 |
CIS number |
92-428 |
ISBN(s) |
0-900-234-54-7 |
Year |
1991 |
Convention or series no. |
NEBOSH Diploma Module C
|
Author(s) |
Woolley A., Buttolph M.A. |
Title |
Biological agents at work |
Bibliographic information |
OHSOL Unit, Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE, United Kingdom, 1991. 41p. Illus. |
Abstract |
Contents of this module usable for an OSH training course or for private study, accompanied by question-and-answer tests: basic information on health hazards due to biological agents (viruses, bacteria, protozoa and fungi; the process of infection); defence systems of the body (primary defences; the immune system); allergies; controls and legal requirements in the UK. In annex: fact sheets on common infectious diseases of concern in the workplace (hepatitis B, Legionnaires' disease, humidifier fever, leptospirosis, AIDS, aspergillosis, anthrax, brucellosis, glanders). |
Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; training material; biological hazards; infectious diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
training course; data sheet; allergies; legionellosis; anthrax; brucellosis; glanders; leptospirosis; aspergillosis; air conditioner disease; infectious hepatitis; immunodeficiency syndrome; training manuals; legislation; bacterial diseases |
Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Viral diseases (other than aids) Bacterial and parasitic diseases Biological hazards OSH training Mycoses
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