Workplace Safety and Health: Understanding Risks
Item 8: Safety and Health at Work
1. Work and Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity. It includes three aspects: physical health, social health, and mental health.
Health, from a multidisciplinary concept: When we discuss the working conditions that may pose a risk factor, we must do so from a holistic perspective.
Working Condition: Any job characteristic that may have a significant
Read MoreHospital Pharmacy: Essential Practices and Standards
Hospital Pharmacy: Definition and Scope
Hospital pharmacy is a specialized field of pharmacy that is integrated into the care of a medical center. These include centers such as a hospital, outpatient clinic, drug dependency facility, poison control center, drug information center, or residential care facility.
Scope of Hospital Pharmacy
- To ensure the availability of the right medication at the right time in the right dose at the minimum possible cost.
- To professionalize the functioning of pharmaceutical
Dental Epidemiology: Methods, Uses, and Applications
Epidemiology
Two objectives of epidemiology in dentistry are:
- Collection of data to uncover biological processes. Teeth form the biological process of disease.
- To establish relationships between events and variables.
What is a Hypothesis and How is it Tested?
A hypothesis is a ratio that establishes relationships between events and variables and requires a verification method.
The Difference Between Research in Physical and Biological Sciences
The physical sciences study the physical phenomena of matter,
Read MoreAviation Safety: Understanding the Impact of Drugs
Aviation Safety Hazards: Drugs
Purpose: To give you a fundamental awareness of the types of drugs, their effects, and their implications for aviation duties and safety.
Drugs and Aviation Duties
- “Aviation duties” are not limited to piloting an aircraft.
- They include a number of other jobs, to include:
- Air traffic controllers
- Dispatchers
- Mechanics
- Cabin crew
- Gate and ramp crew
What is a Drug?
- Any substance taken beyond the daily nutritional requirements of food (including milks and fruit juices) and water,
Effective Communication and Elderly Patient Care
Factors Affecting Effective Communication
Issuer-Related Communication Barriers
- Speaking too fast, not vocalizing clearly, or mispronouncing words.
- Not considering the cultural or educational background of the receiver.
- Presenting too many ideas or excessive information at once.
- Ignoring or not paying attention to feedback.
Conversely, effective communication is facilitated by:
- Speaking clearly and at an appropriate pace.
- Tailoring the message to the receiver’s level of understanding.
- Presenting information
Vocabulary Definitions: Expand Your Lexicon
Vocabulary Definitions
- Infinite (adj.) – Without end; unbounded.
- Gibe (v. or n.) – To speak reproachfully or sneeringly; to taunt. A jeer or a taunt.
- Effrontery (n.) – Unwarranted boldness of manner; impudence; audacity.
- Meticulous (adj.) – Extremely careful of details; scrupulous.
- Acerbated (v.) – To embitter; vex; irritate. To make bad tasting.
- Capacious (adj.) – Of large capacity; roomy; spacious.
- Sordid (adj.) – Dirty; wretched; squalid; gross; ignoble.
- Arduous (adj.) – Difficult; with great exertion