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Health surveillance at work.

Overview

Provides guidance on how employers can fulfil their legal duty to provide health surveillance. It is aimed at those responsible for managing health risks at work. It describes what health surveillance is, lists why employers should carry out health surveillance, gives advice on what to take into account, what the principles and good practice of health surveillance are, and how to keep and use health surveillance records. Contents: Introduction; Health surveillance: Risk assessment and action guide; What is health surveillance? Other health monitoring procedures; Why carry out health surveillance? When is health surveillance appropriate? Making health surveillance work; Health records; Other issues.

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Biological monitoring, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations, COSHH, RIDDOR reporting

Notes

Supersedes the earlier edition entitled, 'Surveillance of people exposed to health risks at work: Principles and practice for the surveillance of people exposed to physical, chemical and biological health risks at work.' published with ISBNs 0118855743 and 0717605256 and 'Health surveillance under COSHH:Guidance for employers' previously published with ISBNs 01188547X and 0717604918 PLEASE NOTE: that it is not cost effective to produce commercial quantities of this product which is now printed and bound at the HSE Books warehouse as a Print on Demand (POD) item. The quality may be less than might be expected from a commercially printed version.

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Author
HSE
Date of Publication
1999
Publisher
HSE Books
Length
35 pages
Format
Book
Series Code
HSG61
ISBN
9780717617050
Copyright Status
Public Sector
Health surveillance at work.
GBP7.00