TUFAN KALELI

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HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY and HAND
INJURIES in TURKEY

• TUFAN KALELI
• ULUDAG UNIVERSITY
• FACULTY of MEDICINE
• ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT
• HAND SURGERY DIVISION
• BURSA-TURKEY

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• TURKISH HAND INJURY
• PREVENTION SOCIETY
• May 14th 2007

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HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY

• The purposes of Hand Injury
• Prevention Society are

To prevent the incidence of hand injuries by
emphasizing on continuous education against daily
hand injuries, bricolage, agricultural injuries,
industrial hand injuries, radiation, chemical and
thermal injuries Standardization of work place
specifications and cooperation with the work
places
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HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY

• The purposes of Hand Injury
• Prevention Society are

To emphasize the importance of awareness of
hazards and prevention measures, personal
protective equipment (PPE), good hygiene and
first aid
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A National HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY Works
in coordination with

• Hand Surgery Society
• Legal institutions
• Industrial institutions
• Mid and small-scale enterprises

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Legal institutions
HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY

• Report the incidents of work place accidents
• Make and implement the regulations

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Small enterprises
HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY

• More crowded and less suitable work conditions
• More likely to avoid official audit
• Abuse of social security regulations is more
  likely

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TURKISH HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETYNATIONAL
ORGANISATION
Istanbul (Anadolu) Cihangir Tetik Tahsin
Beyzadeoglu Levent Yalçin Istanbul
(Avrupa) Mehmet Alp Ahmet Karaoguz Ayhan
Kiliç Berkan Mersa Murat Topalan Izmir A.Kadir
Bacakoglu Ahmet Ekin Izge Günal Murat
Kayalar Oguz Özdemir Muhittin Sener Kocaeli-Gebze
Semih Takka Konya Salim Ersözlü Mersin Bülent
Kiliç Samsun Ahmet Piskin Sivas Hayati
Öztürk Trabzon Mehmet Yildiz Van Bekir Atik

• Honorary Committee
• Ridvan Ege
• Gayyur Kurap
• Oguz Polatkan
• Ankara
• Sinan Adiyaman
• Mahmut Kömürcü
• Ilhami Kuru
• Antalya
• Serdar Tüzüner
• Bursa
• Yüksel Özkan
• Erdeniz Duygulu
• Tahir Altan Külekçioglu
• Bursa-Gemlik
• Engin Akgün
• Bursa- Mudanya
• Ahmet Duran Kaya
• Bursa-Nilüfer

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2006 Glasgow FESSH
Emot Hospital
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JANUARY 9th, 2009OYAK-RENAULT Company,
BURSA/TURKEYHAND INJURY PREVENTION COURSE
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TURKISH HAND INJURY PREVENTION
SOCIETY(NATIONAL COMMITTEE REPORT - 2006)
Table 16 This table concerns the clinical
activity of the centers in your country between
Sunday January 1, and Wednesday December 31
2006, included.
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TURKISH HAND INJURY PREVENTION SOCIETY

• Hand injuries in TURKEY
• 2 000 000

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This could be you!
So watch out!!!
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We have to remember each year on June
26thHAND INJURY PREVENTION DAY
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THANK YOU
www.handprevention2009.org