Occupational Health - correct answer ✔✔Field of practice concerned with the prevention of illness and
promotion of health of the employed population
Psychosocial
Socio-economic
Genes
Diet
Habits
Environment - correct answer ✔✔Examples of Prior Health History:
Workplace - correct answer ✔✔Example of Occupational Exposure:
Health
Latent disease
Clinical disease
Death - correct answer ✔✔Example of Health Outcome:
Occupation - correct answer ✔✔A person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of
earning a living
Occupational Disease - correct answer ✔✔Any abnormal condition, illness, or disorder caused by factors
associated with employment
Occupational Injury - correct answer ✔✔Any injury, such as a cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation, which
results from a work-related event or from a single, instantaneous exposure in the work environment
, Occupational Hazard - correct answer ✔✔Anything or anyone in the working environment that can
potentially cause harm.
Risk - correct answer ✔✔The likelihood that a hazard will cause harm
Accidents - correct answer ✔✔An occurrence or event that is unexpected, unforeseen, unplanned and
unwanted that causes damage, injury and loss.
Unsafe Acts - correct answer ✔✔The human action that departs from a standard or written job
procedure or common practice, safety rules, regulations or instructions
Unsafe Conditions - correct answer ✔✔The physical or chemical property of a material, machine or the
environment which could result in injury to a person, damage or destruction to property or other forms
of losses
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 - correct answer ✔✔The goal of this federal regulation was
to provide all employees (clinical laboratory personnel included) with a safe work environment.
RA 110581 - correct answer ✔✔"An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health
Standards and Providing Penalties for Violations of 2018" is also known as:
1970 - correct answer ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Act of ___
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - correct answer ✔✔Government agency in charge of
creating guidelines and protocols about ensuring occupational safety
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Transportation
- Hotels and restaurants
- Health and laboratory
- Forestry and Fishing - correct answer ✔✔Scope of OSHA:
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