International Occupational Hygiene Association
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WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE?
ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION - ‘Occupational Hygiene is the discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large’.
Occupational Hygiene has also been defined as the practice of identifying of hazardous agents;
chemical, physical and biological; in the workplace that could cause disease or discomfort, evaluating
the extent of the risk due to exposure to these hazardous agents, and the control of those risks to
prevent ill-health in the long or short term.
IOHA was established to improve, promote and develop occupational hygiene worldwide through its member organisations, and to improve and maintain a safe and healthy working environment for all.
From its creation in 1987, IOHA has grown to 42 member organisations, representing over 20,000 occupational hygienists worldwide.
IOHA provides an international voice of the occupational hygiene profession through its recognition as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) by both the ILO (International Labour Organisation) and WHO (World Health Organisation).
