Document ID (ISN) | 102604 |
CIS number |
03-1933 |
ISBN(s) |
92-2-115753-9 |
Year |
2004 |
Convention or series no. |
|
Title |
SARS - Practical and administrative responses to an infectious disease in the workplace |
Bibliographic information |
ILO Publications, International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 2004. vi, 46p. 42 ref. |
Internet access |
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/accidis/sars.pdf [in English]
|
Abstract |
This working paper consists of a set of informal guidelines developed by the ILO on responses to the threat of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at the workplace. Contents: history of SARS; overview of current knowledge on SARS; practical workplace strategies; administrative actions to ensure preparedness in the event of a SARS outbreak (at national and workplace levels); ethical and psychological considerations concerning SARS. |
Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; ILO; biological hazards; respiratory diseases; infectious diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
national organization; contagion; ethics; emergency organization; directive; psychology and sociology |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Country / State or Province | ILO |
Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Bacterial and parasitic diseases Biological hazards Ethical issues Occupational health services
|