Patients with ipsilateral upper limb fractures, pathological fractures, open fractures, a delay in presentation of more than 14 days, or those who did not follow the hand occupational therapy protocol following surgery or plaster cast immobilisation were excluded from our study.
However, this approach should be supported by a clear occupational health protocol that defines a line of referral or investigation for those workers with skin problems.
Such investigations should and hopefully will be undertaken in future; appropriate occupational safety protocols will need to accompany these endeavours.
Workers producing and using radiolabelled cyanotoxins will need to prepare occupational safety protocols that consider safe use and disposal of such toxins.
Yet interventions have rarely combined a comprehensive (biopsychosocial) occupational therapy intervention protocol with a home visit to older adults.
This study tested the concurrent validity of a modified shortened clinical examination protocol for occupational health surveillance, called the HECO protocol, compared to the original protocol developed by Ohlsson et al. (1994).
Health facilities were equipped with; sharps' disposal facilities (90%), PPE (82%), waste disposal mechanisms (60%), containment of hazardous wastes (38%), fire safety equipment (38%), vaccination measures (28%), reporting mechanisms for exposures (22%), safety equipment (19%), protocols for occupational injuries documentation (17%) and safety audits (10%).
Communication between general practitioner and occupational physician plus Participative Ergonomics protocol performed by an ergonomist.
The aim of the present study was to validate the HECO protocol in an occupational health service setting.
This is an eight-session group memory-training program administered by an occupational therapist following standardized training protocol.
