World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 1994-99 ; World Health Organization-Eastern Mediterranean, Peh, No. 485-E-L: Regional Conference on Water Supply and Sanitation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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Title:	World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 1994-99 ; World Health Organization-Eastern Mediterranean, Peh, No. 485-E-L: Regional Conference on Water Supply and Sanitation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
This document has been prepared by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization, the International Programme on Chemical Safety and the Commission of the European Communities. A limited number of copies are available from the Environmental Health Service, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Scherfigsvej 8, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, or from the Commission of the European Communities, Health and Safety Directorate, Batiment Jean Monnet, Plateau du Kirchberg, Box 1907, Luxembourg.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 1 . INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . HIGH-RISK CIRCUMSTANCES . IDENTIFICATION AND CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 High-risk substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2 High-risk situations . 2.3 High-risk population gr. ou.ps. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 2.4 Examination of the methodology . . . . . . . . . 7 2.5 Methods for identifying high-risk circumstances . 8 3 . OPTIONS FOR PREVENTING ACUTE POISOXINGS AND ROLES OF VARIOUS PARTNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.1 Administrative measures and legislation . . . . . 11 3.2 Education and public awareness . . . . . . . . . 13 4 . ROLE OF VARIOUS PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTING POISON PREVENTION PROGRAMMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.1 Health and education authorities . . . . . . . . 14 4.2 Poison centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.3 Trade unions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.4 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.5 Industry and commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5 . MEASURES FORPREVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5.1 Education. training and awareness . . . . . . . . 22 5.2 Technology and design opticns . . . . . . . . . . 24