State-based Occupational Health Surveillance Clearinghouse
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  • OHW: CME Credits on Worker and Environmental Health Topics

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. September 2012 edition about the availability of free online continuing education courses for health care providers and certified industrial hygienists on child and work-related lead poisoning, mercury exposure and coccidioidomycosis (valley fever).
    California — Newsletter — 9/20/2012 — 5 Views

  • OHW: Pesticides Used for Bed Bugs Can Sicken Workers

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. August 2012 edition is about how bed bug infestations on the rise have caused pesticide illness related to bed bug control.
    California — Newsletter — 8/15/2012 — 5 Views

  • Integrated Pest Management for Buildings

    Fact sheet on using Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, a common-sense approach to effectively controlling pests while eliminating or reducing the use of harmful pesticides. Includes where to find pest control operators who are certified in IPM.
    California — Brochure — 7/24/2012 — 5 Views

  • OHW: Protecting Health Care Workers From Disease

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. July 2012 edition about a guide and resources available for hospital administrators creating or improving a respirator program to protect health care workers from infectious diseases.
    California — Newsletter — 7/18/2012 — 4 Views

  • OHW: Keeping Salon Workers Safe From Chemicals

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. May 2012 edition about California's groundbreaking legal settlement with makers of Brazilian Blowout, a hair smoothing product containing formaldehyde; provides links to a factsheet on Brazilian blowout and other information on the California Safe Cosmetics Program.
    California — Newsletter — 5/29/2012 — 5 Views

  • Work-Related Asthma — 38 States and District of Columbia, 2006–2009

    MMWR report that summarizes results of a CDC analysis of data from the 2006–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to estimate current asthma prevalence and the proportion of asthma that is work-related,
    California — Journal Article — 5/25/2012 — 8 Views

  • Occupational Coccidioidomycosis in California

    Article in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine that describe the investigation of a 2007 occupational coccidioidomycosis outbreak in California, recommends prevention measures, and assesses statewide disease burden.
    California — Journal Article — 5/1/2012 — 9 Views

  • Electrical Burns and Your Mental Health

    Nearly 20,000 workers were burned on the job in Washington State between January 2001 and April 2008 and recorded through the Washington's workers' compensation system managed by the Department of Labor and Industries.
    Washington — Journal Article — 5/1/2012 — 3 Views

  • Isocyanate Exposures in Collision Repair

    Isocyanate exposure was evaluated in 33 spray painters from 25 Washington State autobody shops.
    Washington — Other — 4/13/2012 — 0 Views

  • OHW: Preventing Tick Bites Among Outdoor Workers

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. March 2012 edition provides tips for preventing tick bites among outdoor workers.
    California — Newsletter — 3/1/2012 — 2 Views
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