Question

Describe one physical, chemical, biological or psycho-social stress hazard that workers can be exposed to on the job, and one strategy that can be implemented to prevent or reduce the exposure. Why is it important for primary healthcare providers, (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) to ask patients about their occupation when performing routine physical exams? be specific an use supportive examples in response

Answer 1

Workplace stress is the harmful physical and emotional effect can happen anytime when there is a conflict between demands on the employees..It can be physical,chemical, biological and psycho- social stress hazards..

physical hazards can affect our body function like headache,high blood pressure, fatigue,high blood sugar etc..

chemical hazards like oil spill and toxic substances exposure can irritate the skin,eye,lungs make disease..

Biological hazards like bacterial infection can affect employees..it can be from plants,animals and people..

Psycho- social hazards like anxiety,stress, depression can affect their physical activity and affect their work..

There are many strategy that help control stress hazards in the workplace.. Control measures for each hazards and it's implementation can reduce the incidence..

Provide health and wellness program that prevent the source of the stress .identify the cause of stress hazards and prevent it and have a decision making power by employees and make sure they have reasonable, manageable deadliness,hours of work for them..

Taking effective history important for routine physical examination..The international labour organization confirmed fatal and nonfatal work related accidents worldwide.. occupational accidents and it's disease now a days unrelated or wrongly treated..so taking comprehensive occupational history methodology can make better diagnosis of disease with occupational origins..

Example biological hazards when patient working in plants fields and cotton factories they can exposure more for lung disease like asthma, bronchitis etc..and chemical hazards Patient getting low eye sight,skin allergy etc..