Occupational Health

Risk assessment for chemicals is a prerequisite prior to any risk prevention programme in general. It should lead to the construction of preventive actions plan which will find its rightful place in the Occupational Health Nurse’s ‘OHN’ project approach.

Since the creation of the Inter University Diploma Course « DIUST » in 1994 in France followed by a License in Occupational Health, legislation as well as the OHN?s role keeps evolving.

Other than symbols, risk phrases, safety, hazard, precautionary statements, it is very useful to try to decrypt information contained or missing in a SDS.