NIOSH says considering occupational risk factors, strengthening biosafety programs and involving epidemiologists, physicians, industrial hygienists and engineers could help prevent spread of occupationally acquired infectious diseases to co-workers and the public.
The study was performed on 38 medical workers occupationally exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation at AlBairouni University Hospital and 29 healthy individuals, who had never been occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation.
Head, Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Professor Aderemi Kehinde said that hospital-acquired infections, also include infections that appear after discharge as well as occupationally acquired at the hospital.
However, in the event that a local health service is not able to provide a medical procedure that is occupationally necessary, the case will be considered by the MoD."
'There is a need to continually improve benefits under the Employees' Compensation Program (ECP) to make them more responsive to the welfare and development needs of occupationally disabled workers,' Duterte said.
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