Workplace Safety: Hazards and Prevention Measures
Item 10: Derivatives Risk Factors of Safety Conditions
Structural Risk Factors
Workspaces are those where normal work is performed, but areas of access, transit, or service must also be considered. Signaling and maintaining good order and cleanliness in the workplace help to prevent accidents.
Risk Factors Resulting from Handling Equipment
Equipment Description: Tools used by workers that may be moved to another place include:
- Hand tools: Tools utilizing human effort where there is a danger (e.g., hammer,
Medical Terminology: A Comprehensive Glossary for Healthcare
Urinalysis
- Urinalysis: The process of analyzing urine using physical or chemical tests.
- Urine: The fluid which is excreted by the kidneys.
- Urinal: Also called a bottle; used by male patients to pass urine into.
- Bed pan: A toileting receptacle which is used by bed-bound patients.
- Renal: Relating to the kidneys.
- pH: The measurement of how acidic or alkaline a solution is.
- Proteinuria: Protein in the urine, also called albuminuria.
- Hematuria: Blood in the urine.
- Specimen: A sample, usually of urine or blood.
Digestive System Disorders: Symptoms and Treatments
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD)
- Definition: Reflux occurring two or more times a week
- Erosive Esophagitis: Inflammation due to acidity
- Signs and Symptoms: Regurgitation, pyrosis (heartburn), pain
- Causes: Increased intra-abdominal pressure, high alcohol/fat/chocolate intake
- Complications: Esophageal stricture (narrowing due to scarring), Barrett’s metaplasia (precancerous change with mucous cells)
- Treatment: Medications (antacids, proton-pump inhibitors, histamine blockers), lifestyle changes
Achalasia
- Definition:
Workplace Health and Safety: Understanding Risks and Prevention
Work and Health: Understanding the Relationship
Work directly affects health, both positively and negatively.
- Positive: Work can provide economic stability, personal development, mental stimulation, independence, and satisfaction.
- Negative: Work can lead to occupational diseases (e.g., stress, depression) and accidents.
World Health Organization (WHO) Definition of Health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Employer Responsibilities
Read MoreEnglish Vocabulary and Grammar: Jobs, Nature, Travel, Tenses
Jobs
- Actor /æktə/ – Actor / Actriz
- Artist /’ɑːtɪst/ – Artista
- Astronaut /’æstrənɔːt/ – Astronauta
- Author /ɔːˈθɔːr/ – Autor/a
- Businessperson /bɪznəspɜːsn/ – Empresario/a, Persona de negocios
- Cleaner /kliːnə/ – Limpiador/a
- Dentist /’dentɪst/ – Dentista
- Driver /draɪvə/ – Conductor/a
- Firefighter /faɪəfaɪtə/ – Bombero/a
- Footballer /fʊtbɔːlə/ – Futbolista
- Hairdresser /’heədresə/ – Peluquero/a
- Lawyer /lɔːjə/ – Abogado/a
- Librarian /laɪˈbreəriən/ – Bibliotecario/a
- Mechanic /məˈkænɪk/
Medieval Literature: Key Texts and Manuscript Analysis
Key Texts of Medieval Literature
The Wife of Bath: 1392-1395
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: c. 1375-1400
Le Morte d’Arthur: 1469-70 (Winchester MS 1470-1480)
Manuscript 4: 14th or 15th Century
Textura semiquadrata formata, early 15th century
- Whereof may well be justified
- That they may not be deified
- And who that taketh away the honor
- Which due is to the creator
- And giveth it to the creature
- He doth too great a forfeiture
- But of Chaldee nonetheless
- Upon this faith though it belies
- They hold affirmed the credance
- So