[Development of a Crisis Management Manual for Occupational Health Experts].
J UOEH
; 37(4): 263-71, 2015 Dec 01.
Article
em Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26667194
ABSTRACT
When crises such as natural disasters or industrial accidents occur in workplaces, not only the workers who are injured, but also those who engage in emergency or recovery work may be exposed to various health hazards. We developed a manual to enable occupational health (OH) experts to prevent health hazards. The manual includes detailed explanations of the characteristics and necessary actions for each need in the list of "OH Needs During Crisis Management" developed after an analysis of eight cases in our previous research. We changed the endings of explanatory sentences so that users could learn how often each need occurred in these eight cases. We evaluated the validity of the manual using two processes 1) Providing the manual to OH physicians during an industrial accident; 2) Asking crisis management experts to review the manual. We made improvements based on their feedback and completed the manual. The manual includes explanations about 99 OH needs, and users can learn how and what to do for each need during various crisis cases. Because additional OH needs may occur in other crises, it is necessary to collect information about new cases and to improve the comprehensiveness of the manual continuously. It is critical that this crisis management manual be available when a crisis occurs. We need to inform potential users of the manual through various media, as well as by posting it on our website.
Texto completo:
1
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Gestão de Riscos
/
Gestão da Segurança
/
Médicos do Trabalho
/
Manuais como Assunto
/
Serviços de Saúde do Trabalhador
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Ja
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article