Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu

Occupational Health Service in Terengganu Health Department started in 1996. It initially started with occupational health clinic activities in Kemaman. On 17th Jun 1997 Occupational Health Unit was formed in the State Health Department. The aim was to develop the state occupational health activitie...

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Main Authors: Azmi H., Mohd Kamil H., Abdul Razak K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4381/1/Vol6%28K%29-Azmi.pdf
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description Occupational Health Service in Terengganu Health Department started in 1996. It initially started with occupational health clinic activities in Kemaman. On 17th Jun 1997 Occupational Health Unit was formed in the State Health Department. The aim was to develop the state occupational health activities in districts and hospitals as a whole. It was headed by a State Health Officer (Occupational Medicine Doctor) and assisted by Health Inspectors. In spite of insufficient staff and heavy work load, we managed to develop two occupational health clinic in the health districts of Kemaman and Kuala Terengganu. Beside the clinic, all Hospitals and District Health Offices in Terengganu had formed safety committee as required by OSHA 1994. Training of the staffs was done to enhance the knowledge and skill in occupational health and safety. Beside medical surveillance on the health worker, epidemiology surveillance were done on occupational disease/accident and pesticide chemical poisoning were. Since then, two posts of occupational health officer in The Health District of Kemaman and Kuala Terengganu and one post of occupational staff nurse in Kemaman Health Office were approved in 1998. Application of information technology in occupational health activities in the state are also being considered.
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spelling ukm.eprints-43812016-12-14T06:35:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4381/ Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu Azmi H., Mohd Kamil H., Abdul Razak K., Occupational Health Service in Terengganu Health Department started in 1996. It initially started with occupational health clinic activities in Kemaman. On 17th Jun 1997 Occupational Health Unit was formed in the State Health Department. The aim was to develop the state occupational health activities in districts and hospitals as a whole. It was headed by a State Health Officer (Occupational Medicine Doctor) and assisted by Health Inspectors. In spite of insufficient staff and heavy work load, we managed to develop two occupational health clinic in the health districts of Kemaman and Kuala Terengganu. Beside the clinic, all Hospitals and District Health Offices in Terengganu had formed safety committee as required by OSHA 1994. Training of the staffs was done to enhance the knowledge and skill in occupational health and safety. Beside medical surveillance on the health worker, epidemiology surveillance were done on occupational disease/accident and pesticide chemical poisoning were. Since then, two posts of occupational health officer in The Health District of Kemaman and Kuala Terengganu and one post of occupational staff nurse in Kemaman Health Office were approved in 1998. Application of information technology in occupational health activities in the state are also being considered. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4381/1/Vol6%28K%29-Azmi.pdf Azmi H., and Mohd Kamil H., and Abdul Razak K., (2000) Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 6 (S). pp. 120-128. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=104&issue=Vol6(S):2000
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title_full Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu
title_fullStr Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu
title_full_unstemmed Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu
title_short Perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu
title_sort perkhidmatan kesihatan pekerja di jabatan kesihatan negeri terengganu
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