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Medycyna Pracy (Occupational Medicine) 2020/05

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  • Comparison of lung cancer risk in black-coal miners based on mortality and incidence
    Cancer risk (especially as regards lung cancer) in black-coal miners is mainly analyzed on the basis of mortality. The risk calculated based on mortality may differ from the values based on incidence. The aim of the study was to compare cancer risk in black-coal miners with and without coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), based on data on mortality and the incidence of lung cancer in the Czech Republic in 1992–2013.
  • Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs in hospital environments: potential risk associated with contact with cyclophosphamide- and ifosfamide-contaminated surfaces
    Cyclophosphamide (CP) and ifosfamide (IP) contaminations have been detected in hospital environments. This study was conducted to determine if there was any contamination in the spaces (floors and door handles) between the hospital exit and the antineoplastic drugs (ADs) preparation and administration units. At the same time, the authors proposed a new automation of the analytical procedure to considerably decrease the time needed for sample preparation and analysis.
  • Selected aspects of the knowledge and practice concerning hand hygiene guidelines in the context of infection control structures in hospitals and long-term care facilities – findings of a questionnaire survey
    Hand hygiene (HH) is the simplest and the most fundamental means of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) prevention in both hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCFs) which differ as to their structure, organization and epidemiology. The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of, and attitudes towards, compliance with the HH guidelines by medical staff of LTCFs and hospitals, in the context of infection control organization. The results of the study indicate that the organizational conditions and practice of HH in LTCFs and hospitals present some differences. Therefore, there is a need for observational studies concerning HH in the context of the structure and organization of infection control, as they are necessary for the development and implementation of effective programs to improve the situation in this field.
  • Physical activity of future health care professionals: adherence to current recommendations
    When assessing physical activity (PA), particular attention should be paid to medical university students who are taught to be health care professionals (HCPs) responsible for maintaining health in humans. However, different studies have shown that HCPs exhibit the same unhealthy behaviors as the general population. This study analyzed PA among medical university students of different faculties and their adherence to current PA recommendations. This study revealed a low level of leisure time PA among the students, and no habit of regular PA. Some changes in medical education should be suggested to include physical education as a long-term subject in medical school curricula. Future research is needed to investigate the exercise barriers that students perceive, which can guide future interventions aimed at improving their PA, and thereby impact on the quality of health care which they will provide.
  • Factor structure and initial validation of the Questionnaire of psychological empowerment among Polish nurses and midwives and the Questionnaire of psychological empowerment for patients
    The article presents the verification of the factor structure and initial validation of two tools: the Questionnaire of Psychological Empowerment among Polish Nurses and Midwives developed by Spreitzer and the Questionnaire of Psychological Empowerment for Patients developed by Schutz et al. Based on the Spreitzer concept. In this concept, psychological empowerment means the internal motivation of an employee to form a belief in the importance of their role in the organization. Similarly, the psychological empowerment of the patient is an internal motivation, as a result of which he shapes beliefs about the importance of the role he plays in the treatment process. The aim of the study was to verify the psychometric properties of the Polish versions of the questionnaires and the 4-factor structure of psychological empowerment in the samples of Polish nurses and patients.
    Obstacles to the development of health promotion in workplaces in Poland - the perspective of company re-presenters
  • The aim of the work was to present the barriers and difficulties encountered by companies in Poland in connection with the promotion of staff health
    Workload and coping with stress and the health condition of employees of the state medical emergency system in the context of work-life balance
    Employees of the State Medical Rescue (PRM) system are a professional group exposed to a high risk of burnout and work-life balance (WLB). This has an impact on their mental and physical health. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between the number of hours worked and health condition and coping with stress as factors determining the maintenance of WLB in emergency medical workers.

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ATEST - ochrona pracy (Certificate - work protection) 2020/09

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  • Summer school for work at height (3)
  • ABC of OHS
    • In how wellbeing (4)
  • People and events
    • Memoirs of a labor inspector from 1972-1977 (part 6) (9)
    • Who is who in labor protection - Maciej Abramowicz (17)
  • Information
    • On an ongoing basis… (12)
    • Coronavirus time (34)
    • Memory about Andrzej Bądkowski (35)
  • Regulations and standards
    • Preventive examinations of "occasional drivers" (123)
    • Medical certificate admitting to work (38)
    • New health and safety regulations and labor law (41)
    • Vegetable slicers (42)
    • Technologies and security
    • Machine overload on the example of presses and tower cranes (18)
  • Conferences
    • BeNiSz 2020 - "Safety in Science and Higher Education (25)
  • Interview
    • We have to use our experience to prepare for the next epidemic - an interview with Barbara Kopeć, DIAGNOSTYKA's operational board representative (28)
    • Behapowiec, or who? - an interview with Dr. Paweł Religa, University of Technology and Humanities in Radom
  • Education

Menedżer Produkcji (Production Manager) 2020/08-09 (58)

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  • From the practice of a production manager
    • Lean Management in family businesses, or how you can take care of constant and profitable improvements in your business
      Family businesses are this unusual type of business that retains its employees for years. Why unusual? Because we live in an age where many people are climbing the career ladder, moving from one corporation to another. No ties, no deeper relationships. It is different in the case of family businesses, which focus on people, are able to develop their potential for many years, and both parties benefit from this cooperation to the fullest. This is a great advantage and often a challenge when the idea of introducing changes in the way the company operates. How to make the wolf full and the sheep whole? Lean Management comes in handy. What is it and how can it grow your business?
    • Efficient production teams - understand how your employees think and use their potential
      Building effective production teams, as well as creating efficient teams in an organization, is a big challenge. Employers more and more often face the problem of selecting the right people so that the goals of the company/department are met at a satisfactory level. On the one hand, it results from the constantly decreasing level of unemployment, and therefore experts and specialists are not left without work for long. On the other hand, the reason is that employers (as well as heads of departments or managers) do not know how to select the right people for the team.
  • The subject of the issue
    • 3P - Production preparation process
      Our processes must be as thin as possible, so that they result in the highest possible value for the client, and we are burdened with the least possible costs. Therefore, both when planning new processes and when we want to optimize the existing ones, we should reach for 3P.
  • The art of motivating
    • Development in times of plague
      It is worth taking care of the professional development of employees and raising their qualifications throughout their professional career. We are currently dealing with an exceptional situation in which some tools that we have always used (training, postgraduate studies) do not function or function in a changed or limited scope. Moreover, many organizations have to reduce budgets for employee training and development and give up expensive forms of training. Is it worth investing in employee development in the current situation? If so, what should you focus on?
    • The role of the immediate superior in the process of developing subordinates' competences
      The situation is slowly normalizing. However, workplaces operate in accordance with the recommendations of the sanitary regime. As a result, not all management functions have returned to their former form. This also applies to training for production workers.
    • Communication and commitment in a production company, or how to use content, graphics and video to engage employees
      Communication in the company has always been a challenge, especially in the manufacturing sector. A large number of people of different ages and a dispersed team of office workers and production halls do not make the task easier for the managerial staff. How can the manager's work be easier? How to effectively reach recipients thanks to an accessible form of materials and a simple message?
  • Inspector's eye
    • Termination of the employment contract - form and method of delivery
      When signing an employment contract, even for an indefinite period, we are aware that we are not bound with the employee "forever". The duration of employment will play an increasing role. The volatility of the market environment and the speed of technological changes will force both employees and employers to make decisions about shortening the length of employment in a given organization.

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Dozór Techniczny (Technical Supervision) 2020/04

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  • Full fun, i.e. who is responsible for what on the playground
    It is clear from the regulations posted on most playgrounds that the parents or their guardians bear the full responsibility for the playing child. However, the administrator is responsible for the technical condition of the entire facility, and the devices located there are subject to regular checks. Permanent supervision over the place of play is carried out by its administrators, which results from the PN-EN 1176-7 standard, but one must also remember about regular inspections carried out by persons with building qualifications in the relevant specialization (Construction Law Art. 62). The technical condition of the entire yard should be checked, including paths, fencing, entrances, a place to sit and, of course, devices installed on it. Three types of inspections resulting from standards: routine, that is, regular inspection consisting in visual inspection of all the above-mentioned elements. The results of the checks should be documented. The supplier of the installed devices should provide a list of the most important criteria to be checked, the so-called checklist. The inspection dates should be adapted to the season, frequency of use or the risk of damage by vandals. In the high season (spring, summer), inspections must be performed at least once a week; functional, consisting in a detailed checking of devices in terms of their wear.
  • Calculations and tests of metal RTJ seals
    Metal RTJ gaskets, both in the oval and octagonal versions, are widely used in flanged connections with a class designation. They are especially commonly used in petrochemical and gas installations. These seals are characterized by very high tightness, blowout resistance, and, depending on the steel material used, high chemical resistance. Both the oval and octagonal versions are mounted between the rebate surfaces of a special trapezoidal shape. RTJ seals provide a very high level of operational safety of the flange joint. Like any other type of gasket, an RTJ seal must be properly installed in the joint to be able to function properly. To do this, it is necessary to know the closing force, i.e. the appropriate tension force on the bolt and / or the tightening torque of the twist bolt. In algorithms where, by definition, the geometry of the gasket does not change under the influence of load changes, the relevant values of the calculation coefficients of the gaskets are given in the tables of these algorithms and do not depend on the temperature or the load on the gasket. In these cases, they depend on the gasket material. This is the case with the ASME Code, WUDT or AD 2000 Merkblatt methods. Hence, the calculation of the required bolt loads in the joint is not difficult. It looks completely different if we consider the adopted calculation method in accordance with the EN 15911: 2013 standard.
  • Unconventional method of crack detection
    The article describes the results of experimental studies of the existence of potential cracks in thick-walled profiles made by plastic working methods. The article was inspired by the research commissioned by the author, aimed at confirming the existence of cracks formed in the arches when bending sheets forming the profiles of the arms of construction machines. The existence of these cracks was ultimately not confirmed. The main conclusion is that in some cases, when we suspect the existence of damage, it is worthwhile to increase the cause of the damage during the research in order to finally exclude its existence.
  • Analysis of the possibility of increasing the measurement accuracy from the digital tachograph
    The main device for measuring the accuracy of measurements used in road transport is the digital tachograph. It belongs to the group of On Board Recording Devices, the development of which dates back almost from pre-war times. The first country to introduce the obligation to use the tachograph was the USA. The article presents the main assumptions of the device, which was introduced by the EC Council Regulation No. 2135/98 of September 24, 1998, and at the beginning of May 2006, implemented in the European Union. The history of the digital tachograph clearly shows that the device is subjected to various manipulations, and the original assumptions, which were to facilitate the control of the driver's working time and reading other data, have nothing to do with reality. To prevent abuse, a cryptographic key system and certificates stored in cards and devices were introduced, enabling the creation of clear user rights and authentic data stored on smart cards. Despite the use of advanced safety systems, the only observed way to increase the accuracy of the digital tachograph measurement is one of the proposed methods, which will protect the recording device in a new way, but most importantly, it will increase the accuracy of the measurement and exclude deviations. This is to increase road transport safety.
  • Safety and health protection in the management of construction projects
    Participants of construction projects are interested in taking systematic actions to improve the state of occupational safety and health protection. The effectiveness of these activities requires that they be carried out within the framework of a comprehensive management system for the construction project implementation process.

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Przegląd Pożarniczy (Fire Review) 2020/05

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  • Overview of events
    • Timeline of the Coronavirus Outbreak (Part 2) (10)
      The previous issue contained the first part of the coronavirus epidemic calendar, which included selected events from Poland and the world, as well as the actions of firefighters from the PSP and OSP in the fight against the coronavirus. March 4 was adopted as its starting date, i.e. the day when the first case of SARS-CoV-2 infection was recorded in Poland. In this issue, we continue it from April 11-30.
  • Rescue and civil protection
    • Firefighters vs Coronavirus (13)
      The State Fire Service and voluntary fire brigades are today largely involved in uncharacteristic activities related to combating the coronavirus.
    • How to stop SARS-CoV-2? (16)
      Waldemar Gredka, the director of Department of Safety and Crisis Management of the Lubuskie Voivodeship Office.
    • Odrzanska fight with the pandemic (18)
      The article presents the situation related to the coronavirus epidemic and the actions taken in its face by Poland's western neighbor - the Federal Republic of Germany.
    • A week of struggling with the elements (22)
      The Biebrza National Park is a unique place both in Poland and Europe. It takes about 59 thousand. hectares, is a mainstay of wild animals and protected species of birds and plants. Unfortunately, they have been hit by massive and catastrophic fires in recent weeks.
    • Production of radioactive dust (25)
      The fire near the Chernobyl power plant turned out to be unpredictable, spread with gusts of wind and reached the area of the Zone directly. Are there any reasons for concern?
    • How to protect a lifeguard (28)
      The SARS-CoV-2 virus epidemic is an additional threat to the health and life of firefighters participating in rescue and firefighting operations. What measures have been taken to prevent infection?
  • Technique
    • Do it yourself (31)
      In the face of the widespread problem of faulty hydrants, firefighters from Przysucha took the matter into their own hands. A design of a special overlay enabling the launch of the hydrant was created, and then it was introduced into the board.
  • Identifying threats
    • Evacuation standards in Poland (part 2) (32)
      It is worth taking a closer look at the evacuation of people with disabilities or reduced mobility in buildings designated for them, which are subject to relevant regulations.
  • Training
    • Learning about risk prevention (part 2) (36)
      How does the firefightersplus.eu e-learning platform work? How does it help you prepare for the implementation of your own project in the field of social inclusion and prevention?
  • Volunteer Affairs
    • MDP works online (38)
      How can young friends be remotely organized in spite of difficult circumstances - the COVID-19 pandemic?
  • Law in service

W Akcji (In Action) 2020/03

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Vacation time, pandemic time, political election time - all these important things do not change one thing: the need for high-quality rescue. Therefore, the reader will surely look at the magazine's pages with interest, where he can read about accidents with a large number of victims or about safety systems in vehicles. The articles will provide an injection of knowledge at a time when society is traveling extensively and benefits from the holiday weather, tired of the restrictions resulting from the threats of coronavirus. It will also be useful to refresh your knowledge on managing incidents. The difficult art of command undoubtedly requires constant improvement and return to the topic. Thanks to proven, long-term authors, we will once again receive a dose of useful knowledge in the field of equipment. We encourage you to read articles about firefighting vehicles outside our country, as well as about fire extinguishers. Among the important considerations, we can also find some information on the basic level rescue equipment for heights. Keeping in mind that a good rescuer also cares for himself, let's spend a moment reading about stress. We also highly recommend the article devoted to photovoltaics, in which the author introduces the readers to the results of foreign research, allowing for answers to a few questions about the safety of actions directly imposed by rescue practice.

  • The subject of the issue
    • Equipment of a rescuer to perform basic rescue tasks at heights (10)
      In the case of high-altitude rescue, not only the equipment is of great importance. It should also be remembered that without practical exercises and courses, actions should not be taken at height, because the rescuer is responsible not only for his own safety, but also for the injured person.
    • Detection in confined spaces and indoors (17)
      During most of the rescue and firefighting operations, not only in the case of Specialist Chemical and Ecological Rescue Groups, measuring equipment plays an extremely important role. It allows for faster and safer implementation of the intervention.
  • In Action
    • First: an evacuation plan (14)
      When starting work at height, it is worth remembering about establishing an effective rescue plan.
    • Equipment - is it enough to perform water rescue? (24)
      Water rescue is not only about rescue activities or the equipment that is designed for this. It is also a matter of legal regulations and determining who can perform the duties of a lifeguard.
    • Mundane energy challenges from the sun (32)
      Renewable energy sources are becoming more and more popular, including photovoltaics. There are many advantages to producing electricity from sunlight. For firefighters, it means additional challenges and threats.
    • SRS - passenger safety and the safety of rescue and firefighting operations - part 1 (42)
      Car manufacturers are outdoing each other in introducing new safety systems and more and more airbags to increase the chances of survival of car passengers in a road accident. The variety of structures, the number of types, models and solutions of individual manufacturers raise many questions for rescuers during activities and training in the field of technical rescue.
    • Incidents involving a large number of victims (51)
      The summer period is a time of increased number of holiday trips. Many more people travel by buses, buses and trains. There is also an increase in the frequency of running this type of transport. Accidents involving such vehicles are a real challenge for emergency services. The priority is to properly diagnose potential threats and qualify the injured to the appropriate "categories" on the basis of the injuries suffered.

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Informator Ochrony Pracy (Labor protection guide) 2020/02

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  • 28 April - World Day for Safety and Health at Work (2)
  • Act on special solutions for combating the coronavirus pandemic (3)
  • New regulations (3)
  • Employer obligations related to high temperatures (8)
  • Provision of drinking water for workers (9)
  • Safety and hygiene of the firefighters service (10)
  • Rules for the carriage of dangerous goods (14)
  • Metals are the most common allergy (15)
  • Gratitude of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland to health care workers (16)
  • One-off compensation amounts for accidents at work or occupational disease (16)
  • Stress as an external cause of an accident (17)
  • Occupational health and safety rules (18)
  • Safety related to hazardous substances (19)

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Służby Utrzymania Ruchu (SUR) (Maintenance Service) 2020/02

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  •  Diagnostics
    • Operating diagnostics of electric drives (6)
      An electric motor is a machine that converts electricity to mechanical energy. In the context of the power supply, the motors can be based on direct voltage. In this case, electric excitation motors, permanent magnet direct current motors, as well as shunt and serial electric motors are used.
  • Report - Industry 4.0
    • Industry 4.0 - revolution or evolution? (12)
      When reading about Industry 4.0, you can sometimes get the impression that you are talking about the future. Communicating devices, artificial intelligence, algorithms that learn and make sovereign decisions about how to control production. It all sounds like a song of the future, while elements of these issues surround us today.
  • Concepts
    • Predictive maintenance - what next? (18)
      Maintenance of machinery and equipment in operation is one of the most important areas in the production, processing and mining industry. The maintenance department ensures specific work stabilization. All of his activities strive to improve the OEE indicator - the overall equipment efficiency.
    • Digitization of maintenance - #freeyourhands idea in practice (24)
      Modern industry is losing qualified engineers operating production machines and product service processes. Why is this such a significant problem, since when we imagine the idea of the industry of the future - Industry 4.0 - we often think of factories in which robots took the place of engineers and technicians long ago?
  • Prevention
    • Analysis of working conditions in the first three quarters of 2019 (27)
    • Machinery Directive 2006/42 / EC - practical guide (30)
      Working devices are a source of numerous hazards, sometimes neglected or underestimated, and sometimes even created as a result of wrongdoing. Safety requirements for machines have been regulated by the Machinery Directive 2006/42 / EC, which was introduced into Polish law by the Regulation of the Minister of Economy of October 21, 2008 on the essential requirements for machines.

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Praca Socjalna (Social Work) 2019/04

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  • Social welfare in the Second Polish Republic - an introduction to the source texts (7)
    The article presents selected aspects of the functioning of social welfare in Poland in the interwar period. The first part indicates the key legal acts for the social care system created from scratch, i.e. the Social Welfare Act of 1923, as well as legal acts regulating the work of social carers, as well as those separating the care competences of individual levels of state administration.

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Prewencja i Rehabilitacja - kwartalnik (Prevention and Rehabilitation) 2018/03-04

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  • The results of the pilot program of early therapeutic rehabilitation for people who during an accident, in particular an accident at work, suffered a trauma to the locomotor system, carried out at the Independent Public Clinical Hospital. Professor A. Grucy CMKP in Otwock (1)
    Rehabilitation is an indispensable component of the medical and social development of every modern country. It means a set of actions aimed at restoring or shaping optimal biological, family and social functions in people with disabilities. Rehabilitation should enable a person with a disability to quickly return to the family and society as a whole. Achieving this goal is possible through the implementation of therapeutic, professional and social rehabilitation tasks. Multi-faceted, early, comprehensive medical (curative) rehabilitation becomes the driving force of social, pedagogical and professional rehabilitation.

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