Practice of Occupational Medicine
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The Workplace Walk-Through
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Published in 1992 as the first volume in Kornberg's Operational Guideline Series in Occupational Medicine, THE WORKPLACE WALK-THROUGH provides operational guidelines and technical recommendations to assist physicians in the performance of a workplace walk-through along with the necessary occupational and environmental health analyses of plants and work areas. The book focuses on four critical areas of practice:- How to perform a workplace walk-through
- How to organize occupational health and industrial hygiene information into an integrated and cohesive framework from which medical surveillance recommendations may be based
- How to perform an occupational medicine causality determination
- How to understand and utilize selected environmental engineering and industrial hygiene concepts and methods
Publication Date 1992 Format Hardcover, 165 pages Product Code 09023 -
Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs, Third Edition
Here are the practical tools and guidance today's health and safety professional needs to effectively design, develop, manage, and evaluate health and safety programs.
This popular, practical guide for health and safety program managers has been revised in response to the recommendations of readers and faculty at graduate education institutions. The title has changed because users noted that the book's usefulness extends beyond environmental and occupational health and safety, offering information not usually emphasized in general health and safety training. Readers in all types of health and safety programs will find the current edition indispensable in enhancing their communication skills, time management capabilities, and abilities to gain support from decision makers and other senior managers in their organization. The material can be applied immediately to the reader's own job situation, a focus that has made the book uniquely valuable.Publication Date 2008 Format Softcover
480 pagesISBN 978-1-883595-50-0 Product Code 23097 -
Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition
For those overseeing the health of workers in the health care field, this fully revised second edition reviews exposure paradigms and offers solutions and models of protection. Includes latest science and intervention strategies that have proven successful in the scientific community. The following are included among the hazardous conditions the book covers:
• infection and infectious disease
• back injuries
• needlesticks
• workplace violence
• slip, trip, and fall injuries
• ergonomic issues
• electrocautery smoke
• toxic drugs
• ethylene oxide
• aldehydes
• pentamidine
• ribavirin
To see the list of chapters click once on the title of this book.Publication Date 2009 Format Hardcover, 1226 pages Product Code 31029 -
Hearing Conservation Manual, 5/e
The fifth edition of CAOHC's Hearing Conservation Manual is the most complete and current information on occupational hearing conservation.
New to the Fifth Edition:
•Full color text
•Four additional chapters
•Comprehensive glossary of terms
•Five additional appendix documents
Publication Date 2015 Format Softcover, 422 pages Product Code 99004 -
Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine, Fifth Edition
An essential companion for all civil and military aviation medicine practitioners, both when preparing for professional examinations and in daily practice. The fifth edition features new chapters on space physiology and medicine, passenger safety, rotary wing operation by land and sea, and UAVs. eBook included: text fully online and searchable via VitalSource eBook - instructions provided within the print book.
Publication Date Due out January 2016 Format Hardcover, 914 pages Product Code 31033 -
Couturier's Occupational and Environmental Infectious Diseases,
Second EditionOccupational and Environmental Infectious Diseases, edited by William E. Wright, MD, MPH, provides a comprehensive overview of the recognition, management, and prevention of infectious diseases in the workplace.
The Second Edition of this popular reference has been entirely updated and revised throughout. The addition of new material includes a completely new chapter on general travel medicine and prevention of illness, and includes expanded coverage of employee education issues and listings of Web resources. Rather than emphasizing theory, all chapters have been fully updated and enhanced to provide well-organized, practical, and relevant information. The emphasis has also been expanded to include more recognition that many infectious diseases are international or global problems.
An ideal resource for occupational health practitioners, the primary care physician, and the generalist, this new edition is a valuable tool in the ongoing effort to provide a safe and healthy workplace.Publication Date 2009 Format Hardcover, 825 pages ISBN 978-1-883595-45-6 Product Code 23090 -
Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health , Third Edition
Completely revised and updated, this new third edition of the Handbook is a valuable resource for those needing to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control conditions that can cause injury or illness to employees in the workplace. The third edition has been reorganized into topic sections to optimize the flow of the chapters. New and timely topics have been added to core chapters such as prevention by design, product stewardship, statistics for safety and health, safety and health management systems, safety and health management of international operations, and EHS auditing.
Publication Date April 2019 Format Hardcover, 752 pages Product Code 28110 -
Instant Medical Surveillance: The Evaluation of Biological and Chemical Dangers, Second Edition
This Second Edition contains completely new sections on:
• Smoking, Obesity, and Lifestyles in the Workplace
• Disaster Management including general principles and specific suggestions for both made-made and natural disasters.
• A number of chemicals have been added including cobalt, hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, and a discussion of the recent OSHA standard for Chromium (6)
• Wherever possible, Internet addresses have been added to simplify searches for further information.
• Reviews have been added of the current status of such issues as Avian flu, West Nile Virus, and food flavoring issues.
Also exclusive to this edition is an extensive Appendix that contains all relevant OSHA forms and required questionnaires for such subjects as:
• Asbestos
• 1,3-Butadiene
• Bloodborne Pathogens Standard Model Exposure Control Plan
• Cadmium
• Cotton Dust
• Formaldehyde
• Methylene Chloride
• Respiratory Protection Standard
All that is built on top of the already packed pages of the first edition that provides the latest information on medical surveillance for chemical and other toxic substances, infectious and allergenic agents, and physical hazards found in the workplace.
Throughout, Instant Medical Surveillance presents the essential information in a way that is easy to understand, not only for those who are trained in medicine, nursing, or industrial hygiene, but also for other professionals such as human resources personnel and attorneys.
Publication Date 2007 Format Softcover, 428 pages ISBN 978-1-883595-47-0 Product Code 23094 -
Occupational Health Services: A Practical Approach, Second Edition
Fully, updated and revised, the second edition of OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES is designed for professionals who deliver, manage, and hold oversight responsibility for occupational health in an organization or in the community. Provides the busy practitioner and clinic manager guidance in setting up, running, and improving health care services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and occupational management of work-related health issues. The text gives an overview of occupational health care in the US and Canada with information about how it is organized, who pays for what, how it is regulated, and how workers' compensation works.
Publication Date 2012 Format Softcover, 452 pages Product Code 31030 -
Occupational Health for Higher Education and Research Institutions: A Guide for Employee Health and Student Health Programs
COMING JULY 2022!
An E-book option will be available to order separately upon publication of the print book
Occupational Health for Higher Education and Research Institutions: A Guide for Employee Health and Student Health Programs provides a comprehensive overview of unique occupational health challenges encountered in these institutions and how to manage them. While the organizations are extremely diverse, ranging from small colleges to large research universities, they also include technical schools, research institutes, and government agencies with extensive research activities. As such, the variety of hazards and the available preventive resources can vary widely and require understanding and collaboration among occupational medicine specialists, student health providers, and institutional health and safety officers, review committees, and administrators.
The book fills an important gap, emphasizing occupational health concerns such as evaluation and protection of research workers; recognizing and responding to biologic, chemical, and physical hazards; laboratory and large animal contact; fieldwork; legal and regulatory requirements; and other issues specific to the higher education and research industry.
Publication Date June 2022 Format Softcover, 448 pages ISBN 978-1-883595-96-8 Product Code 23123