Engineering Evaluations of Healthcare Facilities in Banda Aceh Following the Earthquake and Tsunami Part 1

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• Personal Author:
  Gressel M ; Kittusamy, Nanda K.
• Description:
  In the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami in Asia, significant occupational health and safety issues emerged that required urgent attention. Several groups were deployed either in rapid assessment or coordinating teams to evaluate occupational hazards and safety risks in the affected regions. Through their technical capacity and staff support, they were able to make significant impact on identified problems, as well as partner with international groups and agencies, trade associations, and workers' and employers' organizations. This roundtable will describe efforts undertaken to identify pressing occupational health and safety concerns in the midst of this calamity and innovative methods that provided direct assistance to those in need. Roundtable participants will discuss field experiences. This session will provide a framework to enhance the ability of the occupational safety and health community to work more closely in future events. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Disaster Planning Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Disaster-planning Disaster-prevention Disease-control Diseases Hazards Health-care-facilities Health-hazards Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027040
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 21-26, 2005, Anaheim, California. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2005 May; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 21-26, 2005, Anaheim, California
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e6c978733c4a3903b608c83da1964536dcfb999a09e28e414ead120cce0f48725863a21d33e8821cebc7c2236cf78ee35ef5b981bc05f9792d66cfbd7ee331fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197440/cdc_197440_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 198.85 KB ]