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| Title: | A Hantavirus Exposure Control Program for Employers and Workers | ||
| Order #: | BK74 | ||
| Description: | This booklet is intended for employers and workers who may come into contact with rodents, or rodent droppings, while on the job. It contains guidelines for employers on preventing hantavirus infections and putting in place an exposure control program (ECP) to minimize potential worker exposure to rodents, or rodent droppings, contaminated with hantavirus. It also contains sample work procedures that employers can adapt to their specific work situations. | ||
| (PDF 254kb) | |||
| Title: | Back
Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs  |
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| Order #: | BK4 | ||
| Description: | An illustrated handbook that explains how the back works, provides tips for avoiding injury, and shows how to care for the back during recovery. The booklet also covers situations that can cause excessive loads and describes ways to reduce the risk of injury. | ||
| (PDF 706kb) | |||
| Title: | Back to Work, Back to Health: Return to work for the retail industry | ||
| Order #: | N/A | ||
| Description: | This booklet is for employers and supervisors who would like some guidance in helping injured workers recover and return to work. | ||
| (PDF 468kb) | |||
| Title: | Controlling Exposure: Protecting Workers from Infectious Disease | ||
| Order #: | BK129 | ||
| Description: | Changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in British Columbia have expanded the regulatory requirements for infectious diseases beyond blood and body fluids. Preventive action is now required for any infectious disease that is found in the workplace and may pose a risk to workers. Workers in healthcare are at greater risk of exposure to infectious diseases; however, the information in this publication is relevant to every industry in B.C. This book describes common infectious diseases and how they are spread, and explains how to protect workers from exposure to infectious diseases. This book replaces the older publication HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis B and C: Preventing Exposure at Work (BK38). |
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| Title: | Dealing with "Latex Allergies" at Work | ||
| Order #: | BK2 | ||
| Description: | The information in this booklet applies to a wide range of jobs with exposure to rubber products. This booklet explains the health problems that may be caused by using rubber products; the natural rubber latex protein allergy, which may cause severe health problems; and sources of information on "latex allergies." | ||
| (PDF 550kb) | |||
| Title: | Dementia: Understanding Risks and Preventing Violence  |
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| Order #: | BK125 | ||
| Description: | This book provides information on how clinical care approaches and interventions can prevent or minimize the risk of worker injury when caring for people with dementia. It also provides a framework for how to incorporate the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation into clinical care, to eliminate or minimize the risk of worker exposure to violence. | ||
| (PDF 957kb) | |||
| Title: |
Hazards
of Confined Spaces (BK80) |
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| Order #: | BK80, BK81, BK82, BK83 | ||
| Description: | Fatal accidents in confined spaces often happen because workers are not aware that they are entering a confined space that contains a life-threatening atmosphere or other hazards. These booklets are designed to make workers and employers aware of the hazards of confined spaces. There are three versions containing examples specific to different industries (BK81, BK82, BK83), as well as a book for all other industries (BK80). | ||
| (BK80 912kb) (BK81 835kb) (BK82 432kb) (BK83 439kb) | |||
| Title: | Hypothermia, Surviving the cold | ||
| Order #: | PH17 | ||
| Description: | This pamphlet provides a basic understanding about when and why hypothermia occurs, how to recognize and give first aid to victims of hypothermia, and, most important, how to prevent it from occurring. | ||
| (PDF 649kb) | |||
| Title: | Indoor Air Quality: A guide for building owners, managers, and occupants | ||
| Order #: | BK89 | ||
| Description: | This new guide helps owners, managers, operators, building occupants, labour unions, engineers, environmental consultants, and suppliers maintain good indoor air quality, prevent indoor air quality problems, and correct problems that may arise. It also provides information on indoor air quality requirements in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. | ||
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| Title: | Making It Right: Preventing Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) in Manufacturing | ||
| Order #: | BK110 | ||
| Description: | This publication provides guidance to help employers, joint health and safety committees, and worker health and safety representatives understand the risk of MSI and make simple changes in the workplace to reduce the risks, and make manufacturing tasks easier to perform. Each section of the publication examines common risks associated with certain body movements and job tasks, and identifies ways to eliminate or minimize them in a manufacturing setting. Also included is information on the Ergonomics (MSI) Requirement from the BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. | ||
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| Title: | Preventing Heat Stress at Work | ||
| Order #: | BK30 | ||
| Description: | This booklet provides a basic overview of job-related heat stress, how to recognize and treat heat stress, and how to prevent heat stress. Workers exposed to hot environments must be trained to prevent heat stress and recognize the early symptoms in themselves and co-workers. | ||
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| Title: | Safety on the Job is Everyone’s Business (Employer, Supervisor, and Worker) |
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| Order #: | PL18 | ||
| Description: | These plain-language posters spell out everyone's health and safety responsibilities in the workplace. Three separate posters list the responsibilities for employers, supervisors, and workers respectively. | ||
| (PDF 64kb) | |||
| Title: | Self-managed care reference manual | ||
| Order #: | CM082 | ||
| Description: | The Self-Managed Care Program gives injured workers the opportunity to manage their own care and stay in their own home. | ||
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| Title: | Transfer Assist Devices for Safer Handling of Patients | ||
| Order #: | BK103 | ||
| Description: | Health care professionals can use this guide as a resource for evaluating and selecting appropriate transfer assist devices for use in their care environment. | ||
| (PDF 368kb) | |||
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