Book description
Completely updated version this classic reference covers both physical hazards and biological agents- Provides updated information on protecting workers from proven and possible health risks from manual material handling, extremes of temperature and pressure, ionizing and non-ionizing (magnetic fields) radiation, shiftwork, and more
- Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, HIV, Hepatitis C, Lyme disease, MERS-CoV, TB, and much more
- All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective
- Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases
Table of contents
- COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- ABOUT THE EDITORS
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE
- ACGIH POLICY STATEMENT
- ACGIH STATEMENT OF POSITION
- Part I: PHYSICAL HAZARDS
- I: Worker–Material Interfaces
- II: The Physical Work Environment
- III: Energy and Electromagnetic Radiation
-
Part II: BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
- Chapter 18: GENERAL PRINCIPLES of MICROBIOLOGY and INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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Chapter 19: CLINICAL RECOGNITION of OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE and HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
- INFECTION
- SPECIFIC CLINICAL DISEASES
- IMMUNE MECHANISMS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISORDERS
- SPECIFIC CLINICAL SYNDROMES
- LABORATORY CONFIRMATION OF INFECTIOUS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISEASES
- CLINICAL TESTING FOR HYPERSENSITIVITY
- WHEN TO SUSPECT OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
- EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
- Chapter 20: PREVENTION of ILLNESS from BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
-
Chapter 21: VIRUSES
- ARBOVIRUSES (Yellow fever, Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika fever, Japanese encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis, West Nile encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, La Crosse encephalitis, Colorado tick fever)
- References
- ARENAVIRUSES
- References
- CORONAVIRUS
- References
- CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV)
- References
- FILOVIRUSES (EBOLA AND MARBURG VIRUSES)
- References
- HANTAVIRUSES
- References
- HEPATITIS A VIRUS (HAV)
- References
- HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV)
- References
- HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV)
- References
- HERPES B VIRUS
- References
- HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV)
- References
- HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV-1)
- References
- HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS
- References
- INFLUENZA VIRUS
- References
- MEASLES VIRUS
- References
- MUMPS VIRUS
- References
- NOROVIRUS (FORMERLY NORWALK VIRUS) AND OTHER ENTERIC VIRUSES
- References
- PARVOVIRUS B19
- References
- RABIES VIRUS
- References
- RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV)
- References
- RUBELLA VIRUS
- References
- SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES
- References
- VACCINIA
- References
- VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV)
- References
-
Chapter 22: BACTERIA
- ACINETOBACTER SPECIES
- BACILLUS SPECIES
- BORRELIA SPECIES
- BRUCELLA SPECIES
- CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES
- CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM (INCLUDING C. ARGENTINENSE, C. BARATII, AND C. BUTYRICUM)
- CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE
- CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS (also C. SEPTICUM, C. NOVI)
- CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
- CORYNEBACTERIUM SPECIES
- ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE
- ESCHERICHIA COLI
- FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS (INCLUDING F. NOVOCIDA)
- HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI
- HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA
- HELICOBACTER PYLORI
- LEGIONELLA SPECIES (LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA, LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE)
- LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS
- LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
- MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
- NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
- NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
- PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA
- PSEUDOMONAS AND BURKHOLDERIA SPECIES
- RAT-BITE FEVER: STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS AND SPIRILLUM MINOR
- RELAPSING FEVER: BORRELIA SPECIES (other than B. burgdorferi)
- SALMONELLA SPECIES
- SHIGELLA SPECIES
- STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPECIES
- STREPTOCOCCUS SPECIES
- TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
- VIBRIO CHOLERAE
- VIBRIO SPECIES OTHER THAN V. CHOLERAE (V. PARAHEMOLYTICUS, V. VULNIFICUS)
- YERSINIA PESTIS
- YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS AND ENTEROCOLITICA
- Chapter 23: MYCOBACTERIA
-
Chapter 24: FUNGI
- ALTERNARIA SPECIES
- References
- ASPERGILLUS SPECIES
- References
- BASIDIOMYCETES (INCLUDING MERULIUS LACRYMANS, LYCOPERDON, AND MUSHROOMS)
- References
- BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS
- References
- CANDIDA SPECIES
- References
- CLADOSPORIUM SPECIES
- References
- COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS
- References
- CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AND CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII
- References
- CRYPTOSTROMA CORTICALE
- References
- FONSECAEA AND OTHER AGENTS OF CHROMOMYCOSIS
- References
- HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM
- References
- MADURELLA SPECIES AND OTHER AGENTS OF MYCETOMA
- References
- PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS
- References
- PENICILLIUM SPECIES
- References
- SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII
- References
- STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM
- References
- TRICHOPHYTON AND OTHER DERMATOPHYTES
- References
- ZYGOMYCETES
- References
- Chapter 25: ANAPLASMA, CHLAMYDOPHILA, COXIELLA, EHRLICHIA, and RICKETTSIA
- Chapter 26: PARASITES
-
Chapter 27: ENVENOMATIONS
- ARTHROPOD ENVENOMATIONS
- HYMENOPTERA
- References
- LATRODECTUS SPECIES
- References
- LOXOSCELES SPECIES
- References
- SCORPIONIDA (SCORPIONS)
- References
- MARINE ENVENOMATIONS
- CATFISH
- References
- COELENTERATE: ANTHOZOA
- References
- COELENTERATE: HYDROZOA
- References
- COELENTERATA: SCYPHOZOA
- References
- DASYATIS (STINGRAY)
- References
- ECHINODERMATA
- References
- MOLLUSCA
- References
- PORIFERA
- References
- SCORPAENIDAE
- References
- SNAKE ENVENOMATIONS
- COLUBRIDAE
- References
- CROTALIDAE
- References
- ELAPIDAE
- References
- HYDROPHIDAE
- References
- Chapter 28: ALLERGENS
- Chapter 29: LATEX
- Chapter 30: MALIGNANT CELLS
- Chapter 31: RECOMBINANT ORGANISMS
- Chapter 32: PRIONS
- Chapter 33: ENDOTOXINS
- Chapter 34: WOOD DUST
- INDEX
- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
Product information
- Title: Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2016
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118928608
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