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Occupational health became a practice for outdoor work like construction or offshore areas. How about occupational health experiences in the office?

Ergonomic issues, healthy offices, hygiene, first aid, etc.. Can you count good examples from the region?

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Question ajoutée par Dr. Fatih Mehmet GUL , Chief Operating Officer COO , Fakeeh Academic Medical Center
Date de publication: 2015/03/28
Oluwatosin Mustapha
par Oluwatosin Mustapha , Safety, Health And Environment Officer , Manser Saxon Interiors Dubai

Dear Dr. Gul,

Indoor offices need more of health awareness because employees engage in some unsafe practices which are detrimental to their health. Such practices include improper managing of power source, pile loads of papers/documents close to power socket. careless and disorder arrangement of the office, poor ergonomics, what about poor house keeping. All these requires attention or else it can cause a big incident and loss to business.

Issues like ergonomics, slippery surfaces, trips/falls, radiation from computers, sitting for long hours & improper sitting positions, trailing cables, poor house keeping, etc are also issues under occupational health and safety

Occupational Health Practitioners conduct health risk assessments in offices as well and design occupational exposure profiles and then conduct medical examinations based on risks identified. These include ergonomics, visual display units, repetitive strain disorders. Lighting and air quality play a crucial role in office environment

Mohamed Adly Abdelhamid Mohamed Osman
par Mohamed Adly Abdelhamid Mohamed Osman , مراقب صحي , الادارة الصحية لحي جنوب الجيزة

Occupational Health is based on Accidents or Hazards

Devika Rani
par Devika Rani , Project Coordinator - CTC Review , Montreal Protocol , MoEF, Ozone Cell , Project Management Unit

COVID has improved office maintenance and personal conscience levels of co workers.  Masks are in use in most places.

MUHAMMAD ELSHINNAWEY
par MUHAMMAD ELSHINNAWEY , Assistant professor of Community, Occupational, and environmental Medicine , Faculty of medicine, Suez Canal University

eployee -employer relationship environmental and infection hazards worker interrelationships

ABDELRHMAN ALI
par ABDELRHMAN ALI , فني ميكانيكي , خاصة

health in the officeIts so

DR PRAKASH PATEL
par DR PRAKASH PATEL , Occupational health specialist and head of depatment , Reliance Industries Ltd. India and petro Rabigh KSA

Occupational health is very imp in the office related to ergonomics & computer vison syndrome 

SAMUEL DEYA
par SAMUEL DEYA , General Practice , The Karen Hospital

The Office Worker contrary to popular belief has equal share of occupational hazards.

Extended working hours

Ergonomic stress causing mechanical back pains

Irregular meal times and bowel habits

Mental Stress caused by arbitrary targets and target shifting

Irregular sleep patterns - Shift work

Visual strain and computer glare leading to refractive visual errors

Passive smoking in shared office space

These and many more are very common but often neglected hazards in the office work place.

 

Alawi Almajid
par Alawi Almajid , NEBOSH Instructor , T. Arabia

Occupational Health is a major practice in the field of work. A healthy workplace contributes to a healthy worker. Issues for office workplaces are the lack of good lighting, colours, (ergonomic issues) and many more.

Mukail Oyeyemi
par Mukail Oyeyemi , Attending Physician , Mubik Medical Centre

Occupational health application in the office is often over look, but a very important area of course.

There is need for applicationnof standard operating procedures for simple tasks like lifting, climbing to place items on the shelf, replacement of light bulbs, fire safety /electrical safety at work; which are often over look and can result in injury/ injuries.

Application of good house keeping is also very important such as none blockage of emegency outlets in the office environment.

Finally, the role of ergonomics at work place for overall well being and improved performance of the workers.

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