Hi all,
All organizations are not the same. Each and every
organization have different types of raw materials, finished products,
byproducts, effluents, processes, employees, administrators, occupational
diseases, spoken language, working culture etc.… As the whole idea of
occupational health revolves around integrated approach, it is important for an
occupational health specialist to understand the various factors mentioned
above before making any major change.
Apart from that, from a technical point of view, it is
important for an occupational health physician to understand the various
processes, raw materials, finished products, byproducts, and effluents, for
identifying hazards prevailing in work environment thereby planning for
relevant investigations to be conducted during the pre, periodical and
post-employment medical examination for framing recommendations to prevent
occupational diseases.
Also, it is impossible for an occupational health physician
to analyze, make a community diagnosis and frame recommendations without the
knowledge of shop floor activities, processes, raw materials, byproducts,
finished products, and effluents.
Therefore all occupational health physicians must undergo a
detailed induction programme to get the basic idea of the organization and shop
floor activities and chemical compounds used.
With the basic knowledge during the induction programme, an
occupational health physician conducts industrial surveys at regular intervals
to understand the work environment, its implications in causing the
occupational diseases and framing recommendations.
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