AOHC Encore 2023-116 Leveraging Existing Guidance to Enhance Occupational Health Response

116 Leveraging Existing Guidance to Enhance Occupational Health Response

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Video Summary

The video featured speakers Paul Meacham and Marianne Sondrini discussing the topic of leveraging existing guidance to enhance occupational health response to biological exposures. They emphasized the importance of collaboration and dialogue between occupational health professionals and safety professionals in order to ensure worker safety in situations involving biological exposures. The speakers highlighted the need for close partnership and communication between occupational health and biosafety experts to effectively manage and prevent occupational risks. They also discussed the role of risk assessment in identifying hazards and implementing appropriate controls. The video featured a case study involving work with Bacillus anthracis and highlighted the potential consequences of not adequately assessing risks and implementing proper safety measures. The speakers emphasized the need for ongoing evaluation and review of risk assessments to ensure continued worker safety. The video provided insights into the process of risk assessment and collaboration between occupational health and safety professionals in managing biological exposures in the workplace.

Keywords

occupational health

biological exposures

collaboration

dialogue

worker safety

partnership

communication

risk assessment

biosafety