Ateneo - UPO

Study of the relationship between work and health: occupational diseases, work-related diseases and accidents. Occupational disease -disease models and risk factors in their determinism.
Strategies in prevention in occupational diseases: outline of legislation, tools and figures of prevention, supervisory bodies.
Monitoring of worker exposure: environmental and biological monitoring.
Risk factors relating to the job of laboratory technician: risk assessment and hints of prevention:
chemical and carcinogenic risk, hints of toxicology relating to the main chemical substances
biological risk
manual handling of loads
use VDT
risks related to work organization: mobbing, burn-out and shift work.
Pathologies resulting from exposure to noise.
Collective and individual protective devices

Recommended texts for an in-depth study of the subject:
G. Scansetti, P.G. Polatto, G. Perelli - Medicina del Lavoro - ed Minerva Medica

The module aims to allow the learning of the general principles of occupational medicine relating to the main risk factors in the onset of occupational diseases, including prevention and protection measures. Furthermore, the specific risk factors relating to the job of laboratory technician are investigated with the related prevention and protection measures.

The student must have the essential knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, Physics and Chemistry.

Presentations in MS-Power Point format
exercise on the use of the safety data sheet and chemical risk assessment

The exam consists of a written test with multiple choice questions or open questions on the program covered, with the possibility of an oral test in order to improve the grade obtained. Or only oral test
The student must demonstrate that they have assimilated the basic concepts of occupational medicine, the health risks related to the job of laboratory technician and the related prevention and protection measures.

Study of the relationship between work and occupational health-diseases, work-related diseases and accidents. Occupational disease: disease models and risk factors in their determinism
Strategies in the prevention of occupational diseases - outline of legislation, prevention tools and figures, supervisory bodies
Monitoring of worker exposure - environmental and biological monitoring
Risk factors relating to the job of laboratory technician-risk assessment and hints of prevention: chemical and carcinogenic risk with hints of toxicology relating to the main chemical substances, biological risk, manual handling of loads, use of equipment equipped with video terminals, related risks to work organization: bullying, burn-out and shift work
Pathologies resulting from exposure to noise
Collective and individual protective devices

Know and understand
- the current legislation on the protection of health and safety in the workplace
- the main occupational risk factors
- the main occupational diseases and work-related diseases
- risk assessment methods, in particular chemical risk
- the importance of prevention in the workplace
Knowing how to apply behaviors aimed at promoting and maintaining health and safety in the workplace
Knowing how to make the contents of the course their own in order to be able to use them concretely in the working context to which they belong