Tag: Occupational Health

The health surveillance cycle

Health surveillance is any activity which involves obtaining information about employees’ health and which helps protect employees from health risks at work. The objectives for health surveillance are: Protecting the health of employees by early detection of adverse changes or disease; Collecting data for detecting or evaluating health hazards; Evaluating control measures. As part of

What is ‘health’ and what is ‘safety’?

Health and Safety’ has become such a common phrase that people often use it without having much understanding of its meaning. Generally, ‘health’ means a state of physical, mental and social well-being. It also means an absence of an impairment, illness, infection or disease. Generally, ‘safety’ is the state of being free from the risk of harm