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September
2003 Newsletter
Department
of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Continuing Education E-News
Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Region X OSHA Training Institute Education Center
University of Washington
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1)
Fill out our Hazardous Substance Needs Assessment
and enter to win a class |
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2)
Upcoming conferences and focus groups |
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3)
Focus on Safety: Practical Ergonomics for Industry—September
15, Seattle |
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4)
Creating a Safety Culture in Your Workplace—September
16, Seattle |
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5)
Puget Sound OEM Grand Rounds-October 9, November
20, and December 8, Seattle |
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6)
Hazardous Material Incidents: Improving Interagency
Response—October 1-3, Wenatchee |
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7)
Focus on Safety: Hazard Communication & Emergency
Action Plans and Emergency Response—October
27, Seattle |
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8)
Applied Laboratory Ergonomics—October 28-29,
Seattle |
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9)
HIPAA: Making Sense of It All – November 10,
2003, Seattle |
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10)
Focus on Safety: "Hearing Conservation"—November
17, 2003, Seattle |
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11)
Understanding the Human Genome: Ethical Challenges
for Public Health Policy – December 2, 2003,
Seattle |
Fill out our Hazardous Substance Needs
Assessment and tell us what hazardous substance courses
would you like to take.
Enter a drawing to win a full fee waiver to attend
a 2003-04 one-day Northwest Center course (excluding
Public Health Preparedness: Tools from the Frontline,
State-of-the-Art Concepts in Noise and Hearing Loss,
CIH Review, and Applied Laboratory Ergonomics) by
including your complete contact information with the
assessment.
To complete the assessment online, go to http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/nw_haz.html
Upcoming
Conferences
Annual National VPPPA (Voluntary Protection Programs
Participants’ Association) Conference—September
8-11, Washington, DC, www.vpppa.org,
visit us at booth #309
Washington Governor's Industrial Safety and Health
Conference—September 17-18, Seattle. Visit us
at booth #139 www.lni.wa.gov/wisha/gov-conf/default.htm
Focus group
Fourth
Annual University of Washington Focus Group—October
17, 2003, Northwest Occupational Health Conference,
Seattle
We seek to include an equal number of occupational
health nurses, physicians, industrial hygienists and
safety professionals in the discussion. Please stop
by the University of Washington booth at the conference
October 15-16 to receive your special invitation to
the breakfast.
Focus
on Safety Seminar: Practical Ergonomics for Industry—September
15, Seattle
Learn how to develop a sound, practical process
for evaluating job tasks. Topics include: comparison
of evaluation methods, development of practical
solutions, and hands-on use of methods and guidelines.
Cost: $145
Creating a Safety Culture in
Your Workplace—September 16, Seattle
Discover how three companies incorporated a commitment
from top management, strong worker involvement,
and an active safety manager to improve their safety
and health programs. Held in conjunction with the
Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference,
September 17-18. Cost: $225
http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/Creating_Safety_Culture-03.html
Puget
Sound OEM Grand Rounds-October 9, November 20, and December
8, Seattle
Cost: $45 includes dinner and lecture. A no-host
bar will be available. The evening starts with dinner
from 6:30-7:00 pm, which is followed by a lecture from
7:00-8:00 pm.
Location: The Faculty Club, University of Washington
The following topics and speakers are scheduled for
this Fall’s Grand Rounds:
*Thursday, October 9
Mold: A Challenge for Occupational and Environmental
Medicine Practice
Harriet Ammann, PhD, DABT, Senior Toxicologist, Washington
Department of Ecology Air Program
Bruce J. Kelman, PhD, DABT, Principal & President,
GlobalTox
*Thursday, November 20
Emerging Occupational and Environmental Diseases
Joel Kaufman, MD, MPH, Director and Associate Professor,
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, University
of Washington
*Monday, December 8
Acute Aspects of Dirty Bombs and Radiological Terrorism
for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Practitioners
Thomas G. Martin, MD, MPH, Director, Med Tox Consult
Service, Emergency Medicine, University of Washington
Please call 206-543-1069 or email ce@u.washington.edu
for more information
Hazardous Material Incidents: Improving
Interagency Response—October 1-3, Wenatchee
Learn how to work with other agencies when responding
to an incident. Role-playing a hypothetical scenario
is the highlight of the course. Cost: $195 (government),
$245 (non-government)
Focus on Safety: Hazard Communication
& Emergency Action Plans and Emergency Response—October
27, Seattle
Take just one or attend both of these 4-hour seminars.
The Hazard Communication seminar reviews OSHA/WISHA
requirements and resources for developing, implementing,
and maintaining an effective written program and training
materials. The Emergency Action Plans and Emergency
Response seminar focuses on OSHA and WISHA requirements
for exit routes, emergency action and fire prevention
plans, and first responder awareness training. Cost:
$75 for one seminar, $145 for both.
Applied Laboratory Ergonomics—October
28-29, Seattle
Make your laboratory a comfortable, healthy, and productive
work environment. Topics include hands-on application
of workstation ergonomic assessments and problem-solving
methods. Cost: $495 on or before October 7, 2003; $595
after.
http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/Applied_Lab_Ergo-03.html
HIPAA: Making Sense of It All –
November 10, 2003, Seattle
Still struggling with the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
This workshop provides the basic tools to navigate the
HIPAA maze, including the four major sections of HIPAA
implemented in April 2003 and the entities covered;
privacy rights and required protections for personal
health information; required components of a privacy
notice; when consent or authorization for release of
personal health information is required; general recording
criteria; and, definitions of use, disclosure, notice,
authorization, and required forms.
Cost: $229 American Association of Occupational Health
Nurses (AAOHN) members
$279 Nonmembers
http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/course/HIPAA-03.html
Focus on Safety: "Hearing Conservation"—November
17, 2003, Seattle
This course will provide basic information on noise
exposure assessment, noise-induced hearing loss, and
hearing loss prevention strategies. Practical techniques
for noise measurement and noise control will be covered,
as well as hearing conservation program requirements.
Cost: $145 (includes lunch)
Understanding the Human Genome:
Ethical Challenges for Public Health Policy – December
2, 2003, Seattle
Advances in the biological sciences are creating new
ethical issues for researchers, safety and health professionals,
employers and workers. Should workers be excluded from
certain jobs based on their genetic susceptibilities?
What are the ethical issues of adding genetic tests
to newborn screening programs or population-based studies?
This course provides a framework for understanding the
ethical, legal, and social considerations of advancements
in genetic research.
Cost: $175 on or before November 14, 2003; $225 after
The
purpose of the newsletter is to keep safety and health
professionals up-to-date with the activities of the
University of Washington’s Department of Environmental
and Occupational Health Sciences Continuing Education
program. This list is private and will be used only
for the purpose of keeping subscribers informed of DEH
CE activities. Please submit any suggestions, comments,
or concerns to Continuing Education at ce@u.washington.edu.
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