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Base de datos CISDOC
ID (ISN) del documento | 44293 |
Número CIS |
85-1152 |
ISBN(s) |
0-333-35087-1 |
Año |
1984 |
Número de serie |
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Autor(es) |
Kerr A., Poole R. |
Título |
Prescription for survival - Health and safety in the health service |
Información bibliográfica |
Macmillan Publishers Ltd., Scientific and Medical Division, Houndmills, Basingstoke Hants RG21 2XS, United Kingdom, 1984. 208p. Illus. Bibl. Price: £2.95 (paperback) and £10.00 (hardcover). |
Resumen |
This manual on occupational safety and health in health services (mostly in hospitals) in the United Kingdom covers: causes of accidents (lack of proper training, supervision and information, bad machine and work system design); place of accidents (kitchens, laboratories, laundries, operating suites, radiology rooms, post-mortem rooms, offices, wards, gardens); hazards faced by ambulance staff, community nurses and staff working with cytotoxic drugs; hazards of maintenance work; dangers in the hospital environment (high and low temperatures, Legionnaires' disease, noise, fires, cleaning work, exposure to asbestos); stress and back pain; sexual harassment and assaults by patients; prevention of accidents and occupational diseases (legislation, safety representatives, sources of information, safety committees and policies, OSH services). Detailed safety checklists are provided for each major subject. |
Descriptores (primarios) |
hospitales; servicios médicos y sanitarios |
Descriptores (secundarios) |
laboratorios; temperaturas extremas; lavanderías; Reino Unido; ruido; citostáticos; amianto; incendios; enfermedades infecciosas; trabajo en cocinas; trabajo de oficina; bloques quirúrgicos; limpieza; manuales; ambulancias; estrés mental; talleres de mantenimiento; horticultura; causas de los accidentes; legislación; encargados de la seguridad; listas de control; comités de seguridad e higiene; equipos y procedimientos nucleares |
Tipo de documento |
E - Libros, informes, actas |
Tema(s) |
Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Navegación por categoria(s) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases Health care services
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