April 2010 Revised 15 July 2010 Accepted 15 July 2010 Safety capital: the management of organizational knowledge on occupational health and safety ˜ Imanol Nunez and Mikel Villanueva ´ Departamento de Gestion de Empresas‚ Universidad Publica de Navarra‚ Pamplona‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – The concept of Safety Capital was developed by analyzing the creation and composition of the Intellectual Capital embedded in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) systems. The paper aims to address this relationship
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Radio active safety : Protective Clothing: Wear latex or nitrile gloves with along with the full-length lab coat including the closed toed shoes. Wear safety glasses to avoid the exposure radioactive material. Introduction : Chemicals may be liquids‚ gases‚ solids or powders have the tendency to harm health when it used or handled improperly‚ those can be corrosive‚ toxic agents‚ reactive or flammables can generate fumes‚ vapors‚ dust and mists. Depending on the usage and the work it can enter the
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Laboratory Safety Standards Jill Olson A school science laboratory is an excellent setting for students to explore and investigate the world around them. Almost every part of students’ lives is affected by science. Allowing them to see‚ touch‚ and manipulate objects in a laboratory situation gives students the real world experience to get them excited about science and to prepare them for college and beyond. However‚ James A. Kaufman‚ director of the Laboratory Safety Institute‚ proposes that
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The Importance Paulo Coelho explained‚ “Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention.” Being patient and attention to detail are few of many characteristics that are essential to being a proficient healthcare provider. Healthcare providers have a very important job and these characteristics correspond to one another in everyday actions. I always thought of myself as a very patient person and while working at a daycare realized that along with patience came the importance of
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PUBLIC HEALTH Health is the word used to describe how your body feels. Being healthy is important because it makes you feel good and live longer. The field of health psychology is focused on promoting health as well as the prevention and treatment of disease and illness. Health psychologists also focus on understanding how people react‚ cope and recover from illness. Some health psychologists work to improve the health care system and the government ’s approach to health care policy. Health
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how dangerous this sport was to play. Once studies about the danger of the sport began to circulate‚ the NFL (National Football League) tried to hide the findings for years. Because of the hesitation of the findings‚ getting information out to the public about the dangers of the sport was proven to be difficult‚ and still is. There are still many parents‚ children and players that do not understand the risk associated with playing football‚ and are being put in danger because of it. In order to protect
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Every food establishment uses‚ processes‚ and sells food in different ways. However‚ the general issues and key principles of food safety remain the same‚ whatever the style of the operation. All food safety training programs should contain the "big 3" factors that could cause food to become unsafe. Food must be kept out of harms way from human errors‚ but if you don’t train food workers what they are‚ they won’t know why these factors are so important. The basics can make all the difference. The
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More safety regulations for genetically modified foods. “The survey‚ released by researchers at Rutgers University found that more than half (53 percent) say they know very little or nothing at all about genetically modified (GM) foods‚ and one in four (25 percent) say they have never heard of them” (“Most Americans Pay Little”). Genetically modified food or for short GM foods are foods or products that have their DNA changer or altered with an injection of a new gene or trait so that the product
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- 280 Prof. K. Buchanan The Public Transportation Revolution For as long as I can remember‚ public transportation has been a bittersweet experience. Trains and busses are reliable‚ convenient and very environmentally friendly. They help a city become more interconnected and overall seem like rather enjoyable experience. But‚ a problem that seems to be repetitively irritating me is that there are also so many negative effects about the poor state of public transportation that have not yet
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people‚ the second concern on being practical is safety. These food establishments serve their foods exposed to the open. Some respondents commented that they are still not comfortable to some things and procedures that these establishments offer. Questions run in their mind and the researchers are here to find out how they do it. In order to support concern about this matter the researchers found a strict order to maintain proper food safety in food serving establishments. To reduce the incidence
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