Occupational Health and Safety

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• Employee Assistance Services
• Occupational Radiation
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
• Workplace Health

Employee Assistance Services

Workplace Trauma

Documents for Employees

• Preparing for and Responding to Threatening / Stressful Events: A Self-help Guide for Employees
• Preparing for the Stress of Disasters and Mass Emergencies - Federal Emergency Responders: Employees Action to Reduce and Manage Stress

For Managers

• Preparing for and Responding to Trauma in the Workplace: A Manager's eGuide
• Preparing for and Responding To Workplace Trauma: A Manager's Handbook
• Preparing for the Stress of Disasters and Mass Emergencies - Federal Emergency Responders: Organizational Actions to Reduce and Manage Stress and Support Employees

Influenza Pandemic

• Influenza Pandemic: Fact Sheet And Care Plans
• Influenza Pandemic: Psychosocial Care Planning

Occupational Radiation

• National Dose Registry (NDR) Research Publications - Bibliography
• National Dosimetry Services Brochure
• The New InLight® OSL Dosimeter 
• Privacy: a fundamental right in Canada
• Radiation in Dental Medicine
• Radiation in Veterinary Medicine

Annual Reports on Occupational Radiation Exposure in Canada

(Each document contains data from the previous 2 years)

• 2008 Full Report (PDF Version - 861 K)
• 2007 Full Report (PDF Version - 821 K)
• 2006 Full Report (PDF Version - 1331 K)

National Calibration Reference Centre for Bioassay and In Vivo Monitoring

Intercomparison Results:

2008

• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2008
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2008

2007

• Carbon-14 Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2007
• Fission/Activation Products Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2007
• Dual (Tritium/Carbon-14) Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2007
• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2007
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2007
• Tritium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2007

2006

• Carbon-14 Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2006
• Dual (Tritium/Carbon-14) Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2006
• Fission/Activation Products Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2006
• Thyroid intercomparison - 2006
• Tritium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2006
• Wholebody Counting Intercomparison - 2006
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2006

2005

• Carbon-14 Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2005
• Dual (Tritium/Carbon-14) Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2005
• Fission/Activation Products Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2005
• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2005
• Tritium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2005
• Wholebody Counting Intercomparison - 2005
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2005

2004

• Carbon-14 Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2004
• Dual (Tritium/Carbon-14) Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2004
• Fission/Activation Products Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2004
• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2004
• Tritium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2004
• Wholebody Counting Intercomparison - 2004
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2004

2003

• Carbon-14 Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2003
• Dual (Tritium/Carbon-14) Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2003
• Fission/Activation Products Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2003
• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2003
• Tritium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2003
• Wholebody Counting Intercomparison - 2003
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2003

2002

• Carbon-14 Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2002
• Dual (Tritium/Carbon-14) Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2002
• Fission/Activation Products Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2002
• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2002
• Tritium Urinalysis Intercomparison -2002
• Whole Body Counting Intercomparison - 2002
• Uranium Urinalysis Intercomparison - 2002

2001

• Thyroid Intercomparison - 2001

orkplace Hazardous Materials Information System

• Implementation of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System in the Federal Jurisdiction - Pilot Study
• Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and the Controlled Products Regulations
• Substance-Specific Issues
• Quick Facts
  • Dangerously Reactive Materials
  • Education and Training Requirements
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Risk versus Hazard
  • Spill or Leak - Emergency Preparedness
  • Storage Requirements
  • Workplace Control Measures
• WHMIS News
  • Issue 1 - September 2008

Workplace Health

Work-life Balance

• Report Six - Work-Life Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium (January 2009)
  • Executive Summary
• Report Five - Reducing Work-Life Conflict: What Works? What Doesn't? (January 2008)
  • Executive Summary
• Report Four - Who Is at Risk? Predictors of Work-Life Conflict (September 2005)
• Report Three - Exploring the Link Between Work-Life Conflict and Demands on Canada's Health Care System (March 2004)
• Report Two - Work-Life Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium A Status Report (October 2003)
• Report One - The 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study (March 2002)

Best Practices

• How job demands and control over work may affect your well-being

Hand Washing

• Hand Sanitizing
• Proper Handwashing*
  
  *An updated version of this document will be available soon. For more information on handwashing, please consult  How to Wash your Hands - 7 Tips provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

To order any of the Workplace Health publications, please contact the Emergency Preparedness and Occupational Health Directorate