VHS English Version Product Number: 1037FEVHS
DVD English Version Product Number: 1037FEDVD
VHS Spanish Version Product Number: 1037FSVHS
DVD Spanish Version Product Number: 1037FSDVD
List Price: $99.95
Length of Video(in Minutes): 13
Publisher: Digital-2000, Inc.
Description: Excellent program to train employees in requirements of a medical program for HAZWOPER, medical examinations, record keeping, and necessary information to meet the training requirements or annual refresher training or initial HAZWOPER training requirements.
HAZWOPER: MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
Workers handling hazardous waste can experience high levels of stress. Their
daily tasks may expose them to toxic chemicals, safety hazards, biological
hazards, and radiation. They may develop heat stress while wearing protective equipment,
or working under temperature extreme, or face life threatening emergencies,
such as explosions and fires. Therefore a medical program is essential to assess and monitor a worker's
health and fitness, both prior to employment and during the coarse of work. To
provide emergency and other treatment as needed, and to keep accurate records
for future reference. In addition OSHA recommends a medical evaluation for
employees required to wear a respirator. Certain OSHA standards include specific medical requirements.
Information from a site medical program may also be used to conduct future epidemiological
studies, to adjudicate claims, to provide evidence in a litigation, and to
report worker's medical conditions to federal, state, and local agencies as
required by law. The program presents general guidelines for designating a
medical program for personnel at hazardous waste sites.
It includes information and sample protocols for pre-employment screening and periodic
medical examinations; guidelines for emergency and non-emergency treatment, and
recommendations for program record keeping and review. In addition it supplies
a table of some common chemical toxicants found in hazardous waste sites with recommended
medical monitoring procedures.
Developing a program: a medical program should be
developed for each site based on its specific needs, location, and potential
exposures of employees at the site. The program should be designed by an experienced
occupational health consultant in conjunction with the site safety officer. The
director of site medical programs should be a physician who's board certified
in occupational medicine, or a medical doctor who's had extensive managing occupational
health services. A director and or examining physician with such qualifications
may be difficult to find, due to the shortage of doctors trained in
occupational medicine in remote geographic areas where many hazardous waste
sites are located. If an occupational health physician is not available the
site medical program may be managed and relevant examinations performed by a
local physician with assistance from an occupational medical consultant. These
functions may also be performed by a qualified registered nurse, preferably an occupational
health nurse. Under the direction of a suitably qualified physician who has responsibility
for the program. All medical test analysis should be performed by a laboratory
that has demonstrated satisfactory performance in an established inner
laboratory testing program. The clinical or diagnostic laboratories to which
samples are sent should meet either minimal requirements and the clinical laboratories
improvement act of 1967 or the conditions for coverage under Medicare. These
programs are administered by the health care financing administration (HCFA), US department of health and human services (DHHS).
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