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244 Implementing changes to protect workers from exposures to hazardous drugs

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Annals of Work Exposures and Health"

DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxae035.095

Abstract: Hazardous drugs (HD) present a complex exposure problem within healthcare facilities whereby nursing, pharmacy and other staff are chronically exposed to low-levels of HDs via contaminated surfaces throughout pharmacies and clinical settings. Many of these… read more here.

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SS14-04 ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ISSUES OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: LESSONS FROM NANOTECHNOLOGY

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Occupational Medicine"

DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0119

Abstract: Workers are generally the first people in society to be exposed to the hazards of a new technology because they are involved in research, manufacturing, production, and disposal of technological products. There is a growing… read more here.

Keywords: technology; responsible development; protect workers; nanotechnology ... See more keywords

The Sad, Sad Story of OSHA's Failure to Protect Workers From COVID-19

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "New Solutions"

DOI: 10.1177/10482911221109648

Abstract: In the face of a global pandemic posing unprecedented risks to worker health, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), the agency charged with protecting workers from occupational illness, has floundered. Its efforts to protect… read more here.

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The hierarchy of preventive measures to protect workers against the COVID-19 pandemic: A review.

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Work"

DOI: 10.3233/wor-203330

Abstract: BACKGROUND The high spread rate of coronaviruses, specifically severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has raised concerns about the spread of the disease in crowded occupational environments. The risk of occupational exposure to coronavirus… read more here.

Keywords: workers covid; control measures; hierarchy preventive; control ... See more keywords

Applying Translational Science Approaches to Protect Workers Exposed to Nanomaterials

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Frontiers in Public Health"

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.816578

Abstract: Like nanotechnology, translational science is a relatively new and transdisciplinary field. Translational science in occupational safety and health (OSH) focuses on the process of taking scientific knowledge for the protection of workers from the lab… read more here.

Keywords: health; translational science; nanotechnology; protect workers ... See more keywords