... ABOUT OCCUPATIONALASTHMA 3
1.1 What is asthma?
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1.2 What is occupational asthma?
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1.3 Occupationalasthma from sensitisation
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1.4 Irritant induced occupational asthma
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1.5 Symptoms of occupational ... OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA
Worker Guide
October 2000
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1.2 What is occupational asthma?
Occupational asthma is asthma that is
caused by breathing in a respiratory
sensitiser or irritant
at the workplace
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1.3 Occupationalasthma from
sensitisation
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Control Asthma
Asthma can be controlled with proper medical
diagnosis and management. It cannot be cured.
With appropriate asthma care, students with
asthma should have minimal or no asthma ... families to serve students with asthma;
and providing asthma education for students and staff.
This guide is intended to assist schools that are planning or maintaining an asthma
management program ... their asthma management efforts.
• Actions for School Staff, p. 9
• Connecting With the Community, p. 23
• Asthma Education Materials, p. 27
• Resources, p. 35
MANAGING ASTHMA: A GUIDE FOR...
... guideline, in Fall 2000 for the
asthma guideline, and in early 2001 for the diabetes guideline.
Overview of the Asthma Practice Guideline
Separate DoD/VA practice asthma guidelines were established ... case-by-case basis.
The Asthma Practice Guideline
The principal emphasis of the DoD/VA practice guideline for pri-
mary care management of asthma is on effective management of
asthma, including medication ... process of developing the asthma guideline, the
DoD/VA working group responsible for developing the asthma prac-
tice guidelines established a set of performance indicators for asthma
care. These indicators...
... an occupational health officer and then
separately with the individual.
3.2 Stage 2—Advice from occupational health staff
At this stage, the employee should be offered the assistance of the
occupational ... agencies if appropriate.
If the employee accepts referral to the occupational health
department, no further action should be taken until the
occupational health physician advises the personnel officer ... by employment law and industrial relations activities.
Access to occupational health experts is also limited. Where there is an
occupational health service this should provide a substantial counselling
input....
... and personal service sectors of the economy.
170 Occupational health
Commission. The aim of the regulations is to reduce the risk to staff of an
occupational injury resulting from the use of display ... 176 Occupational health
Radiation
There is a continually expressed anxiety that display screens emit
damaging ... workstations which are altered
substantially or relocated. A workstation already in use on 1 January
162 Occupational health
to the chemical dibromochloropropane. It has been suggested that there
is a...
... development of occupational health in the UK differs from that in
other countries. In the rest of Western Europe occupational health
provision is largely statutory, the number of occupational health
physicians ... Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) (1977) Occupational
Health Services—The Way Ahead. London: HMSO.
Faculty of Occupational Medicine (1993) Guidance on Ethics for
Occupational Physicians.
Gabel, H.D. ... facilities, which is particularly
obvious in large occupational groups such as the National Health
Service. Individual hospitals and trusts have vastly different occupational
health provision. Although...
... Erez 1988). The performance of other workers is often used for this
purpose. Information about how well others do on the same task is an
important influence when workers set their goals, since it ... Managerial behaviors such as information collection and coordi-
nation start spontaneously when workers or experimental subjects are
given goals and performance feedback (Campbell and Gingrich ... It is
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the effects on cost of production and worker motivation, which are on
different scales, and to compare these with customer satisfaction,...
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studies of workers.
It is not just industrial workers that are
at risk. Hairdressers, teachers, nurses,
doctors, farm and office workers and
workers in many other jobs have also died
of occupational ... great majority of occupational cancers are concentrated
in blue collar jobs, meaning those workers face a massively increased risk, while
others face virtually none. For some workers in some ... workplace got high
levels of sickness absence? Are you aware of cases of
cancer in workers or ex-workers? Are affected workers
all doing similar jobs or using the same substances,
for example working...
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BRITISH GUIDELINE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA
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1.2.2 TARGET USERS OF THE GUIDELINE
This guideline will be of interest to healthcare professionals involved in the care of people with
asthma. ... Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
(SIGN) agreed to jointly produce a comprehensive new asthma guideline, both having previously
published guidance on asthma. The original BTS guideline dated ... and children; a section on special situations which
includes occupational asthma, asthma inpregnancyandthenewtopicofdifcult asthma; updated
sections on pharmacological and non-pharmacological...
... Age 281
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Asthma in Children 281
Diagnosis of Asthma 281
Prognosis of Asthma 281
Prevention of Asthma Progression 282
Monitoring Asthma Progression 283
Treatment: ... Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis of Asthma, and Natural
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ry of Asthma 11
Key Points: Definition, Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis of Asthma, and Natural
Histor
y of Asthma 11
Key Differences ... YOUR ASTHMA WORSE 129
FIGURE 3–16a. SCHOOL ASTHMA ACTION PLAN 137
FIGURE 3–16b. SCHOOL ASTHMA ACTION PLAN 139
BOX 3–5. THE STRONG ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SENSITIZATION TO
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