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Gonzales, Melissa 1963. "Occupational exposure to azinphos-methyl: Correlating biological markers to environmental residue levels". Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291604.
Pełny tekst źródłaReynolds, Tiffany L. "Analysis of Occupational Safety Practices across Regional Campuses at Ohio University". Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1398849131.
Pełny tekst źródłaHassan, Syed Ahmed. "Health, safety and environmental practices in the construction sector of Pakistan". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-183327.
Pełny tekst źródłaAllen, Andre Ramon. "A Technical Communication Internship at The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1102077601.
Pełny tekst źródłaFarmer, Ruan Alexander. "Improving occupational health and safety in a petrochemical environment through culture change / R.A. Farmer". Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4444.
Pełny tekst źródłaThesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
Augustine, Steven. "Sound Attenuation Performance of Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composite Circumaural Hearing Protection Devices". Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1595804.
Pełny tekst źródłaPersonnel who work on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier are exposed to extreme levels of jet engine noise often in excess of 140 decibels (dB). The current circumaural hearing protective devices (CAHPD) employed by flight deck crewmen are inadequate for the level of protection required for these extreme levels of noise. Fiber-reinforced thermoset polymer composite (FRPC) materials such as aramid fibers used in body armor, have high theoretical values of acoustic impedance due to a fundamentally high modulus of elasticity and may offer a superior level of hearing protection over original equipment (OE) thermoplastic CAHPDs. The objective of this project was to measure and evaluate the attenuation of CAHPD’s constructed from FRPC materials. FRPC CAHPD ear cups were paired with OE thermoplastic CAHPD ear cups of equal shape and thickness, and the protected and unprotected A-weighted sound pressure level (SPL) was measured in continuous and impulse noise environments >80 dBA using a JOLENE manikin. These data were evaluated for paired differences between the protected and unprotected mean SPL, and OE protected and FRPC protected mean SPL and indicates that OE thermoplastic CAHPDs provide greater sound attenuation of continuous noise >80 dBA and aramid FRPC CAHPDs provide greater sound attenuation of impulse noise >80 dBA.
Gubernot, Diane M. "Occupational Heat-Related Mortality in the United States, 2000-2010| Epidemiology and Policy Recommendations". Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3670444.
Pełny tekst źródłaHeat stress due to ambient outdoor temperatures is a workplace hazard that has not been well studied or characterized. The incidence of occupational heat-related illness is unknown. Heat-related morbidity and mortality have been well-studied at the population level, however it cannot be determined if these findings extend systematically to workers exposed to high heat conditions. Remarkably, there is no U.S. federal standard to protect workers from the peril of elevated environmental temperatures and few states have protective regulations. This dissertation research will add to the limited knowledge base of occupational heat-related illnesses, by characterizing worker fatalities due to environmental heat stress. Three independent, but related, research strategies were designed, executed, and completed to evaluate the current research, as well as knowledge gaps, and to thoroughly describe these fatalities based on available information.
This work was initiated with a thorough literature review to summarize research findings that characterize U.S. occupational heat-related morbidity and mortality and identify gaps in the existing research literature. This review of science, health, and medical databases found that few studies examine ambient heat stress or characterize the incidence of occupational heat-related illnesses and outcomes. Significantly more research examining the heterogeneity of worker and environmental risk factors to heat exposure is needed to identify unsafe working conditions and implement practical, evidence-based heat-stress policies and interventions. The subsequent study describes the epidemiological characteristics of heat-related deaths among workers in the U.S. from 2000 to 2010. Fatality data were obtained at the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the confidential on-site Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries database. Fatality rates and risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated by year, sex, age group, ethnicity, race, state, and industry. Between 2000 and 2010, 359 occupational heat-related deaths were identified in the U.S., for a yearly average fatality rate of 0.22 per 1 million workers. Highest rates were found among Hispanics, men, the agriculture and construction industries, the states of Mississippi and Arkansas, and very small establishments. This study provides the first comprehensive national profile of heat-related deaths in the U.S. workplace. Prevention efforts should be directed at small businesses, states, industries and individuals who may be at increased risk of heat stress.
Lastly, to further characterize these fatalities, research was performed to: 1) determine the ranges of heat index and temperature at which workers fatally succumb to environmental heat; 2) identify risk factors that may influence heat-related deaths; and 3) translate these findings to policy recommendations. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the National Climate Data Center were used to identify worker heat-related deaths in the U.S., 2000- 2010, and to assign a maximum daily temperature and heat index to each case. Demographic, meteorological, and geographical variables were analyzed to evaluate any differences in fatal heat exposure. The National Weather Service temperature alert tools, the Excessive Heat Event warning and the heat index category chart, were utilized to assess community threshold suitability for workers subjected to exertional heat stress. Of the 327 cases that qualified for the analysis, there were no differences found in mean temperatures and heat indexes between the sexes, races, age groups, ethnic groups, and industries. Southern workers died at significantly higher temperatures than workers in the North. This study supports the use of heat index and temperature as a guide when evaluating environmental conditions for workers.
Population-level heat index threshold alerts are unsuitable for preventing exertional heat stress and new warning systems should be developed. Since heat-related health hazards at work can be anticipated before they manifest, preventive measures can be implemented before illness occurs. With no federal regulatory standards to protect workers from environmental heat exposure, and with climate change as a driver for adaptation and prevention of heat disorders, it is increasing sensible and imperative for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to take action. National leadership is needed to promulgate regulations, develop new heat alert tools using the heat index as a metric, and promote state-specific occupational heat stress prevention policies.
Cartwright, Elizabeth 1959. "Malignant emotions: Indigenous perceptions of environmental, social and bodily dangers in Mexico". Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282765.
Pełny tekst źródłaSimon, Philippe 1964. "Long-term integrated sampling to characterize airborne volatile organic compounds in indoor and outdoor environments". Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=34455.
Pełny tekst źródłaA mathematical model was derived by modifications to the Hagen-Poiseuille and ideal gas laws. This model defines the relationship between container volume and capillary geometry (length/internal diameter) required to provide selected sampling times. Based on theoretical considerations, simulations were performed to study the effects of dimensional parameters. From these results, capillaries having 0.05 and 0.10 mm internal diameters were selected according to their ability to reduce sampling flow rates and to increase sampling times. Different capillary lengths were tested on various sampler prototypes. It was found that a constant sampling flow rate was delivered when a maximum discharge rate was established under the influence of a pressure gradient between a vacuum and ambient pressure. Experimental flow rates from 0.018 to 2.6 ml/min were obtained and compared with model predictions. From this comparison, empirical relationships between capillary geometry and maximum discharge rate given by the pressure gradient were defined. Essentially, based on these empirical relationships, capillary sampling flow controller specifications can be calculated to offer extended integrated sampling periods. On this basis, sampler prototypes were configured for stationary sampling and personal sampling.
Studies, based on theory, have indicated that factors such as temperature, humidity and longitudinal molecular diffusion are not likely to influence the passive sampling process. Subsequent experiments confirmed that temperature changes should not significantly affect flow rates delivered by controllers, and that molecular diffusion does not have any impact on the representativeness of long-term samples. Recovery tests provided acceptable results demonstrating that selected capillaries do not contribute to adsorption that could seriously affect the validity of this sampling approach.
Field demonstration studies were performed with both stationary and personal sampler prototypes in the indoor and outdoor environments. The performance of the sampler compared favorably, and in some instances, exceeded that of accepted methodology. These novel samplers were more reliable, had greater versatility and principally, allowed sampling periods extending from hours to a month. These inherent qualities will assist industrial hygienists and environmentalists in the study of emission sources, pollutant concentrations, dispersion, migration and control measures. This novel sampler is presently the only device available for the effective study of episodic events of VOC emission.
Selected capillary geometries acting as a restriction to the entry of ambient air into evacuated sample container can provide a simple, versatile and reliable alternative for the collection of VOCs. This approach can contribute to a better understanding of VOC effects on human health and the environment.
Rossner, Alan. "The development and evaluation of a novel personal air sampling canister for the collection of gases and vapors /". Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=84428.
Pełny tekst źródłaA series of flow rate experiments were done to test the capillary flow capabilities with a 300 mL canister for sampling times ranging from a few minutes to over 40 hours. Flow rates ranging from 0.05 to 1.0 mL/min were experimentally tested and empirical formulae were developed to predict flow rates for given capillary geometries. The low flow rates allow for the collection of a long term air sample in a small personal canister.
Studies to examine the collection of air contaminants were conducted in laboratory and in field tests. Air samples for six volatile organic compounds were collected from a small exposure chamber using the capillary-canisters, charcoal tubes and diffusive badges at varied concentrations. The results from the three sampling devices were compared to each other and to concentration values obtained by an on-line gas chromatography. The results indicate that the capillary-canister compares quite favorably to the sorbent methods and to the on line GC values for the six compounds evaluated.
Personal air monitoring was conducted in a large exposure chamber to assess the effectiveness of the capillary-canister method to evaluate breathing zone samples. In addition, field testing was performed at a manufacturing facility to assess the long term monitoring capabilities of the capillary-canister. Precision and accuracy were found to parallel that of sorbent sampling methods.
The capillary-canister device displayed many positive attributes for occupational and community air sampling. Extended sampling times, greater capabilities to sample a broad range of chemicals simultaneously, ease of use, ease of analysis and the low relative cost of the flow controller should allow for improvements in exposure assessment.
Tedestedt, Ronny. "An Occupational Health and Safety Conversation : The Swedish and New Zealand Perspective". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-216211.
Pełny tekst źródłaDidla, Shama. "Influence of leadership and safety climate on employee safety compliance and citizenship behaviours". Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=25498.
Pełny tekst źródłaAbdulkhaleq, Sania Mohammed Saleh. "Association between Work-Related Safety and Work-Related Injuries among Home Health Care Providers". Thesis, Walden University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10746442.
Pełny tekst źródłaHome care nurses (HCNs) have reported a high rate of exposure to work-related injuries (WRIs). Nurses are challenged by the multidimensional problems associated with home care safety. These contextual risk factors increase the physical and social health problems of health care workers and of community suffering as a whole. This quantitative, cross-sectional study was designed to examine the relationship between the organization-related factors (ORFs) and the environment-related factors (ERFs) and their influences on safety behaviors (SBs) and the WRIs of HCNs. The PRECEDE framework was used to guide the study. Self-reported data were obtained from 74 home health care (HHC) nurses using the Safety Home Care Nursing questionnaire. A linear regression model was applied to determine the nature of the association between the independent variables and dependents variables. Findings showed the ORFs demonstrate a stronger effect on the SBs than the impact of the ERFs. The management commitment and the home-based care significantly affected the SBs. The supervisory support and safety access to a client's home were decreasing the WRIs. Therefore, the integration of efforts: The management and leadership of the health organization, the health care providers, and the clients’ family would improve safety of HHC. This study is expected to help develop safety strategies for home care and thus attempt to minimize WRIs among HCNs. Nurses free of injuries are able to provide a quality of care and improve patients’ health outcomes that in turn have an effect on reducing community suffering and financial costs.
Mobli, Nasim, i Pillamari Prasad Ramlubhai. "Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace : A study on Emotional Intelligence in Workers’ Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in the workplace". Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50384.
Pełny tekst źródłaBågfeldt, Ted. "Middle manager's work for occupational health and safety in the shipping industry". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105560.
Pełny tekst źródłaSilver, Ken, Ying Li, Emmanuel Odame i Yuqiang Zhang. "Effects of Global Warming on Work-Rest Routines for Crop Workers in Appalachia". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2629.
Pełny tekst źródłaShockey, Taylor Morgan. "Analysis and Interpretation of Occupational Exposure Monitoring Data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and OSHA Information System (OIS), 1979 – 2015". The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155715411553358.
Pełny tekst źródłaLilley, Rebbecca Catherine, i n/a. "The development of an occupational health and safety surveillance tool for New Zealand workers". University of Otago. Dunedin School of Medicine, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20071011.112802.
Pełny tekst źródłaInce, Elif. "Perceptions Of Turkish Contractors Toward Iso 9001 Quality, Iso 14001 Environmental And Ohsas 18001 Occupational Health And Safety Management Systems". Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607843/index.pdf.
Pełny tekst źródłamore systematic record keeping, higher company prestige, increased client satisfaction. The major disadvantages realized by practicing the Management Systems are increased documentation and workload. The solution is proposed as to set an internal network and to integrate the systems to reduce paperwork. In conclusion, all of the Management Systems were believed to be as useful tools and Turkish contractors think that their advantages overcome disadvantages.
Mcknight, Peggy Ann. "Strategies Small Construction Business Managers Use to Reduce Safety Incidents in Their Organization". ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5574.
Pełny tekst źródłaUmukoro, Peter Eloho. "Fine Particulate Exposure and Cardiac Autonomic Effects in Boilermakers". Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16121134.
Pełny tekst źródłaEnvironmental Health
Deadman, Jan-Erik. "Estimation of exposures to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ29919.pdf.
Pełny tekst źródłaBalkhyour, Mansour. "Factors that affect respirator fit-testing programs". Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289239.
Pełny tekst źródłaTraviss, Nora M. "Integration of Analysis and Deliberation to Evaluate Biodiesel Occupational and Environmental Exposures". Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1216924432.
Pełny tekst źródłaWeatherford, Barbara H. "Patient Safety: A Multi-Climate Approach to the Nursing Work Environment: A Dissertation". eScholarship@UMMS, 2011. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/20.
Pełny tekst źródłaAl-shabbani, Zamaan. "IMPROVING SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE CREWS THROUGH PRE-TASK SAFETY TOOLBOX TALKS". UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/78.
Pełny tekst źródłaAwaragi, Pierre. "Overcoming delays and enhancing subjective comfort in virtual environments". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0015/MQ55017.pdf.
Pełny tekst źródłaBurns, Calvin George. "The role of trust in safety culture". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2004. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=165707.
Pełny tekst źródłaMoayed, Farman Amin. "Constructing the Function of “Magnitude-of-Effect” for Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Models and Their Application in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Engineering". University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217519927.
Pełny tekst źródłaVickous, Kim Elaine Young. "An All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Educational Program: Is It Effective in Improving Attitudes, Safety Knowledge, and Behaviors in Adolescents Ages 12 to 18?" TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/23.
Pełny tekst źródłaByrne, Jill. "Occupational Heat Stress May Impact Surgeons' Thermal Comfort, Body Temperature, and Cognitive Performance". Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1620764717903713.
Pełny tekst źródłaAquino, Theodore. "Comparison of Urinary PAHs among Firefighters and Asphalt Pavers". Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10103851.
Pełny tekst źródłaFirefighters and asphalt pavers are exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during various work activities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate urinary PAH levels and compare these bio-monitoring levels among firefighters, asphalt pavers, and non-occupationally exposed individuals. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) urinary PAH levels were used for non-occupationally exposed controls. When compared to the NIST standard for smokers and non-smokers, firefighters demonstrated statistically significant differences in urinary concentration differences for the following metabolites: 2-OH-fluorene, 3-OH-fluorene and 1-OH-pyrene, which were lower in firefighters than the NIST mean for smokers. 1-OHphenanthrene, 2-OH-phenanthrene and 3-OH-phenanthrene were higher among world trade center exposed firefighters than the NIST mean for smokers. When firefighters were compared to the NIST non-smoker standard, firefighters demonstrated elevated levels in all tested PAH biomarkers due to a mixture of smokers and non-smokers in the firefighter cohort.
Asphalt workers had statistically significant higher urinary concentration elevations in 2OH-fluorene, 1-OH-phenanthrene and 3-OH-phenanthrene as compared to the NIST smoker mean. When asphalt pavers were compared to the NIST non-smoker mean, asphalt pavers had statistically significant increases in all tested PAH biomarkers, with the exception of 2-OHphenanthrene. While firefighters did not demonstrate a substantial change in urinary PAH metabolite levels compared to control populations of smokers and non-smokers, asphalt pavers experienced concentrations that were in some cases increased by orders of magnitude compare to NIST controls. Future research may be needed to evaluate any potential health risk posted to occupational exposed asphalt pavers.
Morelock, Deborah F. "A Correlational Study of Hardiness, Health, and Burnout among Teachers in the Sullivan County School System". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1994. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2753.
Pełny tekst źródłaChikono, Nathan Nomore. "Leadership Practices that Improve the Workplace Safety Environment". Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10259015.
Pełny tekst źródłaInadequate leadership is the reason workplace accidents in the mining industry remain high, making the industry one of the most hazardous operational activities in the world. Unsafe leadership practices may result in death or injury to workers. A group of 30 mining company leaders from 3 gold mines in Zimbabwe revealed an exception to these hazardous practices, however, notable through their outstanding safety improvement records. To better understand what these practitioners were doing, this multicase study research design explored their strategies to improve the workplace safety environment in the mines. Data were collected using audio-recorded semistructured interviews and document analyses. Shewhart’s plan-do-check-act conceptual framework anchored the study. Data analysis followed the thematic data analytic approach involving classification, coding, and interpretation to identify common themes. The following themes emerged: planning and organizing, leading, and risk management. The findings indicate that the business leaders created a safe work environment by planning the work to be performed; how the task would be executed; and when, where, and who performed the task. The results of study also indicate that leaders designed the work environment, trained, empowered, and equipped employees with the relevant skills, and provided appropriate technology and personal protective equipment to improve workplace safety. Finally, the research findings indicate that leaders embedded risk management principles and practices in every process or activity, and continuously learned from each event to create a safe work environment. The findings promote social change by encouraging safe behavior and risk-based thinking and practices in the workforce and the community.
Wright, Rodger. "Exploring a paradigm shift: An Australian case study of the adoption of multimedia occupational health, safety and environment inductions". Thesis, Wright, Rodger (2011) Exploring a paradigm shift: An Australian case study of the adoption of multimedia occupational health, safety and environment inductions. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2011. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/5799/.
Pełny tekst źródłaLippert, Julia Ford. "Determination of Laser Generated Air Contaminant Emission Rates in a Simulated Surgical Procedure". Thesis, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3573411.
Pełny tekst źródłaThe Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) estimates that half a million surgical staff are exposed to laser smoke or plume each year. It has been suggested that the type and intensity of exposure is dependent in part on the way a laser is used during surgery. The purpose of this study was to estimate emission rates of the gas phase constituents of laser generated air contaminants using a validated emission chamber methodology while differentiating the effects of the laser operational parameters power, pulse-repetition frequency, and beam diameter, and ultimately to model a set of plausible occupational exposures.
An emission chamber was designed, fabricated, and validated to quantify the emission rates of gases and particles associated with laser generated air contaminants (LGACs) during a simulated surgical procedure. The emission chamber was built of inert materials, including a glass hood section connected to a duct section for collection and allowing for lasing of tissue. The performance, plume capture, and air flow of the emission chamber system were validated. This validated emission chamber and methodology enabled accurate estimation of emission rates with low experimental variability that can be used in mathematical modeling of exposure.
Two medical lasers (Holmium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet [Ho:YAG] and carbon dioxide [CO2]) were set at varying operational parameters in a simulated laser surgery on porcine skin to generate a plume in an emission chamber. Porcine skin was pyrolyzed with a medical laser set to a range of surgically plausible operational parameters. Consistency in the rate and depth of incision was established by a system to control the speed of laser movement and aim angle of the laser tip, and was validated by measurement of tissue loss. The plume was sampled for seven gas phase contaminants of combustion products (volatile organic compounds [VOC], formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide [HCN], carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide [CO]). The effect of each operational parameter was determined using a fractional factorial design coupled with a sequential screening process that evaluated the parameters for their influence on emission rates.
Measured concentrations of the gas phase contaminants were below the limit of detection (LOD). Confined to the experimental conditions of this investigation, results indicated that beam diameter was significantly influential to emission rates when using the Ho:YAG laser but not with the CO2 laser. Power and pulse repetition frequency were not influential to emission rates of these gas phase contaminants.
Emission rates of LGAC from the experimentally determined concentrations were used to estimate a range of physically plausible occupational exposures to surgical staff. A two-zone semi-empirical model was implemented with input variables varied over a range based on the general requirements of a laser surgical suite in compliance with regulatory agencies. Twenty-minute time weighted averages were developed for the near- and far-field zones within the surgical suite as estimates of the occupational exposure to LGAC. These values were compared to relevant occupational exposure limits; estimated exposures were at least three times in magnitude less than the exposure limits and thus do not appear to present an occupational hazard.
Sevilla-Zeigen, Nicole. "A Grounded Theory Approach to Healthy Work Environment| Its Impact on Nurses, Patient Safety, and Significance in Healthcare Settings". Thesis, University of San Diego, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10193644.
Pełny tekst źródłaA healthy working environment has been an area of interest for occupation health providers. There is anticipation that a safe working environment improves patient safety, which is associated with reduction in clinical nurse errors. Issues with medication errors and poor working environment pose a greater risk to patient safety. The aim of this qualitative study was to provide a broad understanding on nurses’ perceptions on the processes that influence a healthy working environment and the impacts of a healthy working environment on patient safety. An interpretive grounded theory methodology was used in this study to evaluate nurses’ perceptions in acute care settings. The study was carried out in a large city of Southern California and the participants consisted of a community-based purposive population of registered nurses (RNs) in a telemetry. A total of 10 participants with three years working experience in surgical units were recruited and tiered scheduled approach was used for the analysis and refinement of interview questions. The participants were all female registered nurses with three years working experience in acute care settings. The majority of the nurses had a bachelor’s degree (44%), masters degree (22%) and 11 % had associate degree. Grounded theory method was used to identify the relevant themes from the interview responses. The transcripts revealed nurses’ perceptions on the process that facilitate a healthy working environment and HWE impacts on patient safety. The findings of the study showed that communication, teamwork and collaboration within healthcare environment are the most important factors for the development of a healthy working environment. The findings also showed the influence of a health care working environment on medication errors. Nurses reported that lack of communication, nurse shortages and micromanagement increases the chances of medical errors. Nurses reported that effective communication with the nurse leaders, managers and patients provide a stress-free working environment that result in a better care for patients. Enough nursing staff s well as teamwork and collaboration also influences patient safety.
Hezel, Claudia Regina 1977. "Avaliação do impacto das exigências do contratante nos sistemas de gestão integrados de empresas de montagem industrial na indústria do petróleo". [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/258286.
Pełny tekst źródłaTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Resumo: Para fazer frente às exigências do mercado, as empresas buscam sempre a maximização dos seus resultados, primando pela excelência em todas as áreas que compõem o seu negócio, assim para atender às novas exigências do mercado quanto à qualidade, ao meio ambiente e à saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores, as empresas prestadoras de serviços passam por uma transformação nos seus Sistemas de gestão, de forma a agregar ao produto final as novas exigências mercadológicas e torná-las mais competitivas. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo avaliar o impacto das exigências do contratante nos Sistemas de Gestão Integrados (SGI) dos prestadores de serviços de construção e montagem industriais que atuam na indústria do petróleo. Dentre as questões pesquisadas destaca-: como os prestadores de serviço têm se adequado às exigências, como os contratantes têm formalizado estas exigências quanto a Qualidade, Segurança e Saúde Ocupacional, Meio Ambiente e Responsabilidade Social (QSMSRS), as motivações, os benefícios e as dificuldades para implementação do SGI nas empresas contratadas, se os contratantes têm atingido seus objetivos e se há benefícios às empresas contratadas. A pesquisa tem as seguintes fases: pesquisa bibliográfica, estudo exploratório e estudo de caso. Primeiramente foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico onde são apresentados os aspectos conceituais e revisão bibliográfica dos assuntos relacionados com a tese, dividido em duas partes principais: indústria do petróleo e sistemas de gestão. Em seguida um estudo exploratório das empresas a serem pesquisas, seguindo de análise da contratante e por último o levantamento, análise e estudo de caso das empresas contratadas. Neste caso, foram utilizadas como opção metodológica questionário e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com profissionais da contratante e das empresas contratadas, bem como consulta a relatórios, banco de dados e documentos contratuais. Como resultado verificou-se que os benefícios citados foram essencialmente relacionados à lucratividade, gestão, retorno social e imagem. Quanto às dificuldades são referentes a aspectos organizacionais, sistêmicas, comportamentais, técnicas e econômicas. Verificou-se como resultado que as exigências contratuais da contratante, quanto aos sistemas de gestão integrados, influenciam e contribuem para o aprimoramento dos sistemas e bons resultados de QSMSRS das empresas, ocorrendo uma adequação do sistema das empresas às exigências contratuais, cujos processos são incorporados na empresa como um todo
Abstract: In order to meet market demands, companies always seek to maximize their results, striving for excellence in all areas that make up your business, so to meet new market demands for quality, environment and health and safety of workers, service providers undergo a transformation in their management systems, in order to add to the final product the new market demands and make them more competitive. This research aims to evaluate the impact of the requirements of the contractor in Integrated Management Systems (IMS) providers of construction and industrial assembly working in the oil industry. Among the issues surveyed stands:: how service providers have appropriate requirements, as contractors have formalized these requirements for Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility (QHSESR), motivations, benefits and difficulties in the implementation of SGI contractors, whether contractors have met their goals and there are benefits to contractors. The research has the following phases: literature review, exploratory study and case study. The oil industry and management systems: first a literature where the conceptual aspects and literature review of issues related to the thesis are presented, divided into two main parts was performed. Then an exploratory study of companies to be research, following analysis of the contractor and the last survey, analysis and case study of contractors. In this case, were used as methodological questionnaire and semi -structured interviews with professionals in the contractor and the contractors option, and consultation reports, database and contractual documents. As a result it was found that the benefits cited were primarily related to profitability, management, social return and image. As for the difficulties are related to organizational, systemic, behavioral, technical and economic aspects. It was found as a result that the contractual requirements of the contractor, as the integrated management systems, influence and contribute to the improvement of systems and good results QHSESR enterprises, occurring an adaptation of the system of the companies to contractual requirements, the processes are incorporated the company as a whole
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Arquitetura e Construção
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Pełny tekst źródłaProblemformulering: I arbetet förekommer det stora risker för ohälsa och olyckor, för att kunna minimera dessa risker måste det ske en kunskapsspridning inom organisationen. Att sprida kunskap gällande arbetsmiljö är en viktig faktor i alla arbetsområden i samhället, dock är spridningen inte det enklaste. För att kunna sprida kunskap behöver vi undersöka hur chefer som ansvarar för arbetsmiljö upplever sina förutsättningar för kunskapsspridning inom organisationer. För att sedan ta del av detta och skapa förutsättningar som främjar spridningen av kunskap. Syfte: Att undersöka och beskriva hur förutsättningar att dela med sig av kunskap till andra organisationsmedlemmar upplevs av chefer med arbetsmiljöansvar Metod: En kvalitativ fallstudie med semistrukturerade intervjuer från N=10 informanter. Innehållsanalys har används för att analysera data. Huvudresultat: Skapandet av relationer är inte det enklaste tillvägagångsättet för att sprida kunskap. Chefernas förutsättningar upplevs vara att inneha en överordnad position och att de behöver/vill ta in icke-relationella resurser för att kunskapen enklare skall spridas. Slutsats: Teorin menar att nära relationer som byggs upp med hjälp av kommunikation och interaktion för att komma åt tillit och ömsesidighet medför stora förutsättningar för kunskapsspridning. Denna studie visar att tänket att skapa värdefulla relationer finns hos cheferna. Men på något vis är det inte det enklaste att genomföra, eftersom det inte alltid finns förutsättningar för detta. Det vill säga förutsättningar som, kulturella skillnader, erfarenhet- och kompetenskillnader och organisatoriska egenskaper.