TIPS FOR USING MEDICINE SAFELY

SOME DON'Ts:

* Do not discontinue your medicine without consulting your doctor.

* Do not take more or less than the amount prescribed.

* Do not use someone else's medicine.

* Do not mix your medicine with alcohol.

* Do not crush or chew your medicine unless you check with your doctor or pharmacist. Some medications (eg: long acting formulations) have special coating and cannot be crushed.

* Do not keep medicines that have lost their labels, passed the expiry date, changed or decayed.

* Do not take the medicine unless you understand the instructions for using them safely.

* Do not leave your medicine in an automobile for long period.

* Do not keep outdated/expired medicine or medicine that is no longer need.

SOURCE: NIOSH INFO

Occupational Safety and Health in Education Institutes Conference

KUANTAN, 5 Jul – There are 7 paperwork’s were presented by OSH Specialist during Occupational Safety and Health in Education Institutes Conference that was held at Universiti Malaysia Pahang. This program was represented by OSH Officer, Science Officers, Security Officers, and students. In the assumption, nearly 300 candidates joined this conference.

Morning Session, program started with opening ceremony that was official by Deputy Minister of Human Resources, YB Sanator Dato’ Maznah Mazlan (pict). In her voice, she said, “Safety and Health is important, all Malaysian must take serious about accident during work”. She proved with facts about the numbers of worker that fail during work which a part from them died. She also launched OSH motto “ Satu Tekad Pekerja Selamat”

After ceremony, conference was started.

This is the summary from that conference:

Paper Work 1: Perundangan & Pelan Induk KKP by representative of Ir. Hj. Saiful Azhar b. Mohd Said from DOSH.

- Description about OSH Master Plan 15 for Malaysia.

- Description about Phase by Phase of Strategic Driver to achieve Safety Culture

- Description about our role in OSH.

Paper Work 2: UMP: Peneraju di dalam KKP dan Envi bg. Pembangunan Insan di Malaysia by Assc. Prof. Dr. Fadzil B. Mohd Idris from UMP.

- Deeply explaination about courses at UMP that related to OSH.

Paper Work 3: Recent Priority Issues for Occup Health in Japan by Prof. Ken Takahashi for JICA.

- Explaination about 4 Area of OSH Management.

- Priority Issues (Health, Work, Envi, Overall)

- Clearly explain about OSH University at Japan.

Paper Work 4: Trend Kemalangan Industri Masakini by Dr. Mohammed Azman b. Aziz Mohammed from PERKESO.

- SOCSO data, Strategies to reduce and prevent accidents.

Paper Work 5: Perkongsian Pengalaman-Pengurusan Keselamatan di Makmal by Pn. Noor Azimah bt. Sulaiman from Chemistry Department of Malaysia.

- Servicing Training, OSH Week, OSH Bulletins, OSH Info.

Paper Work 6: OSHMS by Hj. Mohamad Saifullah b. Che Idris from NIOSH Malaysia.

-Why need OSHMS, Safety Concept, OSHA 1994

Paper Work 7: HIRARC by En. Izani b. Mohd Zain from DOSH Malaysia.

-Principle of Risk Management

-Element, Step, Identify, Matrix Risk, dan Control.