scholarly journals Occupational health and safety of the frontline healthcare workers in Nepal in COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Frontline Healthcare Workers

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is essential for every professional especially healthcare workers who work day and night serving patients. According to the WHO, health workers should not face any kind of workplace violence during their professional activities. Attention should also be paid to the mental and psychological health of healthcare workers and their protection should be of paramount importance. OHS related policies, rules and regulations have been formulated in Nepal. According to the law, the responsibility of the OHS of the employees has to be taken by the concerned organization. In Nepal, during the COVID-19 pandemic, health workers have to take the risk of infecting themselves while providing care for the patients. This has led to the infection of thousands of health workers and we have also lost quite a few healthcare workers in the line of duty in Nepal. On one hand, there is a psychological fear of acquiring COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers despite adopting health and safety measures, while on the other hand, in case of infection they will have to pay for the treatment from their own pockets. Sometimes ICU and ventilator services are not available not only in their working hospital but also in government referral health institutions which have given rise to incidences that healthcare workers themselves have to be admitted to other hospitals for the treatment. In such a situation, not just mental but also a financial burden has been added to the healthcare workers.

Restructuring of the Québec Health Network and its Effects on the Profession of Home Health Aides and their Occupational Health and Safety

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Cloutier ◽  
Elise Ledoux ◽  
Madeleine Bourdouxhe ◽  
Hélène David ◽  
Isabelle Gagnon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Home Health Aides ◽  
The Impact

The Québec health sector is facing profound macroeconomic and macro-organizational changes. This article addresses the impact of these changes on the work of home health aides (HHAs) and their occupational health and safety (OHS). The study was carried out in the home care services of four local community service centers (CLSCs) with different organizational characteristics. It is based on an analysis by triangulation of 66 individual and group interviews, 11 work days, and 35 multidisciplinary or professional meetings observed, as well as administrative documents. HHAs are experiencing an erosion of their job because the relational and emotional components of their work are disappearing. This results in an increase in musculoskeletal and psychological health problems. This study also shows that managers’ decisions can reduce or increase the HHAs’ work constraints. Stability in the clientele served and the possibility of organizing their routes are good examples of positive impacts.

scholarly journals A Study on Corona Virus an Infectious Disease

2021 ◽  
pp. 380-385
Author(s):  
Aditya Tiwary ◽  
Neeraj Mishra ◽  
Yugal Kataria ◽  
Vishal Patel ◽  
Rahul Naval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Sources

Novel corona virus or 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 virus is a deadly virus that has affected the whole world very badly. In has started in nov/dec 2019 and then has spread in the whole world affecting millions of human lives around the world so far. This paper presents a study based on the data available via different sources. Along with the introduction, this paper discussed its symptoms, how it is spread, simple ways to prevent, occupational health and safety for health workers. This paper also discusses different Statistics related to covid-19 virus.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT SERIES 18001:2007 PT. SURYA BESINDO SAKTI

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Sudarman Subhi ◽  
Catur Septiawan
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
A Company ◽  
Research Type

Background: OHSAS 18001:2007 is management system of occupational health and safety international standard which includes the structure of the organization, the planning activities, responsibility, procedure, the process and resources to manage K3 .OHSAS have a purpose for protection against the workers from unwanted things arising from work environment, or activity work itself, it have an impact on safety and health workers, and so as not to cause much loss for from accidents work have image bad a company that can lower image company. Purpose: This study aimed to understand the effectiveness of the occupational health and safety assessment series (OHSAS) 18001:2007 in PT. Surya Besindo Sakti. Methods: The research used descriptive qualitative research type and design. Test the validity of data using technique triagulation method. Result: PT. Surya Besindo Sakti still meets the minimum requirements of the application of Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001: 2007. With findings of minor incompatibilities 6 and 1 OFI (Opportunity For Improvement) findings. Conclusion: The company is expected to continue to commit to run the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001: 2007 for corporate vision and mission to be achieved, objective must be monitored its achievement every month by each department and ensure all procedures used in the company reviewed and implemented consistently.

Infectious Respiratory Disease Outbreaks and Pregnancy: Occupational Health and Safety Concerns of Canadian Nurses

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen P. Phillips ◽  
Tracey L. O'Sullivan ◽  
Darcie Dow ◽  
Carol A. Amaratunga
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Risk ◽  
Reproductive Risk

AbstractIntroduction:This paper is a report of a qualitative study of emergency and critical care nurses' perceptions of occupational response and preparedness during infectious respiratory disease outbreaks including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and influenza.Problem:Healthcare workers, predominantly female, face occupational and personal challenges in their roles as first responders/first receivers. Exposure to SARS or other respiratory pathogens during pregnancy represents additional occupational risk for healthcare workers.Methods:Perceptions of occupational reproductive risk during response to infectious respiratory disease outbreaks were assessed qualitatively by five focus groups comprised of 100 Canadian nurses conducted between 2005 and 2006.Results:Occupational health and safety issues anticipated by Canadian nurses for future infectious respiratory disease outbreaks were grouped into four major themes: (1) apprehension about occupational risks to pregnant nurses; (2) unknown pregnancy risks of anti-infective therapy/prophylaxis; (3) occupational risk communication for pregnant nurses; and (4) human resource strategies required for pregnant nurses during outbreaks. The reproductive risk perceptions voiced by Canadian nurses generally were consistent with reported case reports of pregnant women infected with SARS or emerging influenza strains. Nurses' fears of fertility risks posed by exposure to infectious agents or anti-infective therapy and prophylaxis are not well supported by the literature, with the former not biologically plausible and the latter lacking sufficient data.Conclusions:Reproductive risk assessments should be performed for each infectious respiratory disease outbreak to provide female healthcare workers and in particular pregnant women with guidelines regarding infection control and use of anti-infective therapy and prophylaxis.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety Practices Evaluation by Health Workers: An Example of Private Hospital

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selin Dayan ◽  
Volkan Öngel
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Health And Safety Issues

The aim of this study is to identify distribution of occupational diseases and related health complaints among health workers and also to detect employee apprehensions about availability of occupational health and safety issues in the workplace. The application area of this study is a private hospital subservient in Istanbul and accredited by JCI. Within the framework of this study, a survey which contains 8 queries about demographic and personal features, 12 queries about occupational diseases and related complaints and 24 queries about occupational health and safety issues is applied to health staff employed in variable departments and positions in this hospital. The reliability coefficient of this survey is found .816 (Cronbach’s Alpha). In the conclusion of this study; it is detected that the employee’s perception about the occupational health and safety issues in the workplace has a positive aspect. Moreover, arm and leg pains (%65.6), over-fatigue (%64.1), insomnia (%59.7) and presence of venous varicosises (%54.2) were the most determined diseases and complaints, which are considered as work-originated among healthcare workers. In accordance with findings, the privileged improvements about the problems in occupational health and safety issues in this hospital have been presented.

scholarly journals Empowering Health Workers to Protect their Own Health: A Study of Enabling Factors and Barriers to Implementing HealthWISE in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4519
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Wilcox ◽  
Ida Tsitsi Chimedza ◽  
Simphiwe Mabhele ◽  
Paulo Romao ◽  
Jerry M. Spiegel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
World Health ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Parihs Framework

Ways to address the increasing global health workforce shortage include improving the occupational health and safety of health workers, particularly those in high-risk, low-resource settings. The World Health Organization and International Labour Organization designed HealthWISE, a quality improvement tool to help health workers identify workplace hazards to find and apply low-cost solutions. However, its implementation had never been systematically evaluated. We, therefore, studied the implementation of HealthWISE in seven hospitals in three countries: Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Through a multiple-case study and thematic analysis of data collected primarily from focus group discussions and questionnaires, we examined the enabling factors and barriers to the implementation of HealthWISE by applying the integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARiHS) framework. Enabling factors included the willingness of workers to engage in the implementation, diverse teams that championed the process, and supportive senior leadership. Barriers included lack of clarity about how to use HealthWISE, insufficient funds, stretched human resources, older buildings, and lack of incident reporting infrastructure. Overall, successful implementation of HealthWISE required dedicated local team members who helped facilitate the process by adapting HealthWISE to the workers’ occupational health and safety (OHS) knowledge and skill levels and the cultures and needs of their hospitals, cutting across all constructs of the i-PARiHS framework.

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