Prevention of visual risks and primary care at work Visual Occupational Health
3rd International Conference on Eye and Vision
August 21-23, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Martha Patricia Canas
La Salle University, Colombia
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : Ophthalmol Case Rep
Abstract:
It is important to understand that in order to be able to develop any trade or work with maximum performance and to have optimal production, not only should there be compliance with labor laws that may exist in any country or region, companies and workers must go further and take into account the health of the workers and be aware of unnecessary risks that may cause temporary or permanent disability, becoming risk factors of public health, through the development of processes and plans that allow workers to be involved in caring for their health, especially visual health, the use of workshops and continuous monitoring of the visual health of their workers, good use of preventive mechanisms for visual care, and follow-up of the guidelines given by visual professionals at the time of the examinations, be it at the time of entry work, or in periodic examinations, how and in what way can workers learn the risks of each job so that they can be protected before irreparable damage occurs and what strategies can be used by vision professionals to help from our private firms so that patients can carry out their work in the most appropriate way, not only in the diagnosis of any visual problem and its solution but also how we can provide a practical and real guide so that patients can perform their work and trade in an appropriate way.
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