Health ProtectionOccupational Health

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Health Protection-Occupational Health
Joyshri Sarangi CCDC, AGW HPU
March 14th 2007
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• Session Format Content
• Occupational Health Services
• Structures
• Activities
• Key Issues (stakeholder perspective)
• Health Protection Interface
• Illustrative Scenarios
• Communicable Disease Control
• Health aspects of Environmental Hazards
• Health emergency planning

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Occupational Health Services

• Historical Development
• International Variation
• UK wide variation
• Commercial NHS based
• In-House Outsourced
• Nb Consultant Led approach

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Occupational Health Services

                                           'It'
s our new occupational health service...you get
to see a GP straight away!
Pre-employment screening During employment Health
surveillance Sickness-absence Fitness for
work Rehabilitation Retirement
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Occupational Health Services Key Issues

                                           'It'
s our new occupational health service...you get
to see a GP straight away!
EU Led legislation H S at Work
Act-Regulations 6 Pack Noise
Vibration Regs Disability Discrimination
Act Structure of the Service Professional
Workforce Issues
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Occupational Health Services Links with Health
Safety
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Health Protection Links Communicable Disease
Control

                                           'It'
s our new occupational health service...you get
to see a GP straight away!

• Specific case handling
• TB
• Food Poisoning
• BBV
• Vaccination Programmes
• Seasonal Flu at risk, age, staff
• Hepatitis B EU Led legislation
• BCG
• V-Zoster testing

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Health Protection Links Communicable Disease
Control

                                           'It'
s our new occupational health service...you get
to see a GP straight away!

• Outbreak Investigation
• Outbreak Management
• Regulatory Authority
• HSE Dimension
• Local Authority role s

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Health Protection Links Health aspects of
Environmental Hazards

                                           'It'
s our new occupational health service...you get
to see a GP straight away!

• Specific planning areas
• COMAH sites
• Ionising Radiation Regulations
• Incident response arrangements
• Site visits
• Partnership working

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Health Protection Links Health Emergency Planning
Response

                                           'It'
s our new occupational health service...you get
to see a GP straight away!

• Specific planning areas
• Pandemic Flu business continuity
• PPE
• Incident response arrangements
• Culture and Safety - PTSD
• HSE shift duration in incidents

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HP Jobs
Outbreak of D V in a Nursing Home White Powder
incident Declared Major Incident Factory
explosion no HP alert from emergency
services H5or 7 Outbreak in local poultry
farm Meningitis case TB non compliant patient HIV
infected commercial sex worker Hepatitis C pos
HCW Radiation contaminated Passenger on plane
with rash ?radiation contaminated
premises Domestic Oil Leak Food Poisoning - HCW