Drug use and workplace safety: issues and good practice responses

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Pidd ◽  
Ann Roche ◽  
Vinita Duraisingam
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Safety Issues

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude, and utilization of drugs toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bale Zone residents, Southeast Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 205031212110343
Author(s):  
Ayele Mamo ◽  
Mesud M Hassen ◽  
Ahmednur Adem ◽  
Zinash Teferu ◽  
Musa Kumbi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bale Zone

Background: Coronavirus disease is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which poses therapeutic dilemmas. Some suggestions for drug treatment seem problematic. Beliefs about the causes of health problems are determinants of treatment seeking decisions. Hence, one of the alternatives for the solution of health problems is employing traditional medicine to prevent coronavirus disease 19. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and utilization of drugs toward the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic among Bale zone residents. Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among the Bale Zone population from May 30 to June 30, 2020. Eight hundred fifty-four participants were selected using a single population formula, and a multistage sampling technique was employed. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive and binary logistic regression was used to analyze the outcomes. A p value ⩽ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of the total 854 respondents, about 534 (62.5%) got information about coronavirus disease 19 from TV/radio. More than two-thirds (71.9%) of the respondents have known that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has no curative drugs, and 65.4% had a more appropriate attitude toward overall drug use in coronavirus disease 19. Level of education and, attitude towards drug use were singnificantly associated with knowledge of drugs, source of information about coronavirus disease 19 and having good practice were significantly associated with atittude toward drug utilization. Conclusion: One out of two study participants have good knowledge regarding drugs to the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic. Illiterate people in the community were identified to have poor knowledge about drugs, hence community educuation program is important to improve the knowledge about drugs towards the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic.

Unions and Collective Bargaining in 2010

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Brigden
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
The Political ◽  
State Governments ◽  
40Th Anniversary ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
Australian Council ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
Work Choices

An increase in both union members and density, together with the re-election of a Labor government, albeit a minority one, were positive developments for Australian trade unions in 2010. Anticipated changes to the leadership of the Australian Council of Trade Unions occurred with the departure of Sharan Burrow and Ged Kearney assuming the presidency. The Fair Work Act 2009 began to be bedded down with modern awards taking effect from 1 January. Despite the efforts of the federal opposition, the shadow of Work Choices affected the federal election campaign. Unions experienced difficult relationships with state governments across the political spectrum. Asbestos continued to be one of the primary workplace safety issues, while fatalities on the waterfront and the 40th anniversary of the Westgate Bridge disaster served as reminders of the importance of adequate regulatory standards.

scholarly journals Health and Safety in the Legal Cannabis Industry Before and During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
pp. 104829112097613
Author(s):  
Marty Otañez ◽  
Jassy Grewal
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Medical Cannabis ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
And Training

In 2020, medical cannabis is legal in thirty-six states and adult use (“recreational”) cannabis is legal in fifteen, despite cannabis remaining illegal at the federal level. Up to 250,000 individuals work as full-time employees in cannabis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, California, Colorado, and other states deemed medical cannabis business as essential, raising occupational challenges and safety issues for cannabis employees. In 2020, interviews were conducted with Ethan, an extraction lab assistant in Las Vegas; Haylee, a trainer with a cannabis company in Sacramento; and Belinda, a Wisconsin-based occupational health and safety trainer, to showcase concerns and experiences in cannabis workplaces and training programs. Findings from interviews reveal pro-worker activities to promote workplace safety and labor unionism while large multistate operators seek to optimize profits and obstruct workers' rights. Knowledge gained through the interviews contributes to discussions to lessen the potential exposure of the cannabis workforce to COVID 19.

scholarly journals Occupational health hazards and use of personal protective equipment among automobile mechanics in Surulere local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria - a descriptive study

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Ebenezer Adeiza Ozomata ◽  
Emmanuel Friday Osagiede ◽  
Thelma Joy Onyebujoh
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sickness Absenteeism ◽  
Lagos State

Introduction: The job of an automobile mechanic is associated with hazards, illness, and injuries, which may result in sickness, absenteeism, economic loss, disability, or even death. This study assessed the level of knowledge and workplace safety practice by automobile mechanics. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 120 registered automobile mechanics in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio-demography and occupational health practices. Data entry and analysis were done with Epi-info 3.5.1(2008). Chi-square and Fischer Exact tests were used to test for significance. Results: The respondents were all males with a mean age of 39.9±7.5 years, the majority learned the trade through apprenticeship (95.80%) and on full-time work (98.30%). Most respondents (95.8%) were aware of at least one health problem associated with its hazards. Over 75% of respondents were aware of physical hazards. Over eighty percent (84.17%) of respondents used their own overalls, 40% of them used overalls regularly, and only 26.67% of respondents used overalls appropriately. Conclusion: Many respondents were aware of health problems, occupational hazards, and PPE used in the Automobile workplace but did not translate to good practice of workplace safety as seen in only 1.67%. The respondents did not deem the use of PPE necessary and lack, or inadequate training on the ‘how’ and ‘why’ PPE were identified as factors hindering PPE use. Workers' training and adherence monitoring could help improve good workplace safety practices in Lagos, Nigeria.

Does Analyst Coverage Affect Workplace Safety?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bradley ◽  
Connie X. Mao ◽  
Chi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Conference Calls ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Analyst Coverage ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Work Related ◽  
External Monitoring ◽  
Internal Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Employee Welfare

We find firms’ work-related injury rates are negatively associated with the level of analyst coverage. This result is also robust at the establishment level at which we find local analysts have a more profound impact than distant analysts. Cross-sectionally, our results are exacerbated in firms with weak internal governance mechanisms and in industries with low union representation. Finally, management is more likely to discuss safety issues during earnings conference calls in the presence of more analysts. Overall, our results suggest analysts play an effective external monitoring role and have a subtle yet important impact on employee welfare. This paper was accepted by Brian Bushee, accounting.

scholarly journals Avaliação da Qualidade dos Registos de Medicação Prolongada: Estudo QMP

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Azevedo ◽  
Brenda Domingues ◽  
Raquel Pimenta da Rocha ◽  
Rita Eiriz ◽  
Vanessa Xavier
Keyword(s):  
Family Practice ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Electronic Prescribing ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Multiple Drugs

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> The growing concern surrounding health safety issues makes it essential that everyone, in particular the elderly due to their commonly prescribed multiple drugs, has a complete and up to date list of prescriptions. We planned to assess the quality of the electronic records of prolonged medication.<br /><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> This is an observational, transversal and descriptive study, with an analytical component, in which we assessed the technical quality of prolonged medication records of elderly patients of four primary health care, before and after a guided intervention. The doctors received training in good practice recording methods and both professionals and patients were stimulated to use the prolonged medication guide.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> We evaluated 388 medical records of 33 physicians. The ideal category ‘Appropriated medication with posology’ improved from 23.5% to 48% (p &lt; 0,001). The remaining categories ‘Inappropriated Medication’ and ‘Appropriated medication but absent posology’ decreased from 16.7% to 7% (p = 0,006) and from 59.8% to 46.0% (p = 0,02), respectively. The variables mentor’s training skills, workplace, length of family practice and the percentage of elderly in the physician’s list showed statistical significance differences at the beginning of the study which disappeared after the intervention, except for the latter.<br /><strong>Discussion:</strong> In this study, physicians accepted the proposed changes, regardless of age, gender, mentor’s training skills, workplace or length of family practice. Longer duration appointments in the eldery group may be an obstacle in achieving the best results.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> This original study reveals the necessity to implement periodic postgraduate training to encourage physicians to keep medical records up to date.</p><p><br /><strong>Keywords:</strong> Long-term Care; Electronic Prescribing; Drug Prescriptions; Family Practice; Aged.</p>

A Review on the Effectiveness of Safety Training Methods for Malaysia Construction Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Goh Pui Teck ◽  
Mat Naim Abdullah @ Mohd Asmoni ◽  
Mohd Saidin Misnan ◽  
Mohd Nadzri Jaafar ◽  
Janice Lee Yim Mei
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Training Outcomes ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Industrial Sectors

Safety issues have become a vital issue in the management of facilities in the construction industry, as the labour-intensive construction industry is particularly regarded as one of the most unsafe industrial sectors worldwide. To increase workplace safety, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training has been introduced and pursued.  Based on previous research, training methods range from less to more engaging.  This paper has reviewed the research from 2006 to present done on effectiveness of different training methods as the first investigation research was carried out in 2006. The literatures were searched through multiple electronic databases for published peer-reviewed articles. Findings have suggested that both training methods were able to impart safety knowledge and safety awareness to the workers; however, more engaging training methods would be more effective on training outcomes. Nevertheless, it was noted that those research projects did not take into consideration on the multiculturalism issue where language communication problem exist. Hence, this research proposes a mix mode of less and more engaging training methods to be applied in a multi-cultural workplace to enhance the effectiveness of training outcomes. This review may provide information on effective safety training methods to be applied in the multi-cultural construction industry. 

65 Improving Medicines Safety for Care Homes Residents

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i18-i20
Author(s):  
U Okoli ◽  
J Kent ◽  
S Gadhia
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Linear Increase ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Multiple Chronic Conditions ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare

Abstract Introduction Care home residents often have multiple, chronic conditions and are receiving complex treatment regimes, yet 30–50% of prescribed medicines are not taken as recommended [1]. Polypharmacy and medication errors are common. Evidence suggests that there is a linear increase in medication errors with the number of medications a patient is prescribed. This paper describes an approach to identity and address inappropriate polypharmacy and safety concerns in Buckinghamshire care homes. The workforce used was: primary care and care home pharmacists, technicians and geriatricians. Methods A successful business proposal enabled a new interdisciplinary model of care to be established. This was delivered in 2768 Buckinghamshire care home beds (63% of Bucks ICS bed capacity). The CCG pharmacists, GPs and pharmacy technicians reviewed medication for all residents followed by a medication and clinical review by a geriatrician for the most complex individuals. Other community specialist teams were included as part of a Multidisciplinary team as needed. Data on reviews, medicines stopped and safety were collected from 2013–2018. Results Overall 2134 medications were stopped for 1268 residents of 2102 reviewed, with 505 interventions to reduce falls risk. 942 safety issues were identified and resolved. Total savings on medicines optimisation, waste and non-elective admission prevented was £619,000. System wide safety included: community psychiatric nurse to support dementia diagnosis, specialist enteral feeding nurse reinstated and a new website to share and disseminate good practice standards. Conclusions Future direction of this work focuses on system wide improvements to promote multi-organisational interdisciplinary healthcare and social services professionals work in care homes. NHSE Pharmacy integrated funding has provided extra pharmacists and technicians to support the 37% of the care home beds not yet covered by March 2020. Reference 1. Horne R, Weinman J, Elliot R, et al. 2005, NHS National Coordinating Centre for service delivery and organisation report.

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