d' Padang Terap Team reporting...

Day 8(05/08/08)

Today we had briefing on Occupational and Environmental Health unit or KPAS (Kesihatan Pekerjaan dan Alam Sekitar) by Mr. Muhammad Fadzil(PPKP). We had short briefing on how the unit is works and as a field work, we followed him for an auditing work in a “Klinik Desa” nearby.

On his briefing, he explained to us that this unit only responsible for the occupational health of individuals working under the health ministry. The unit is responsible in providing all the safety equipments needed by other units and also health care providers. For example they provide safety vest for JM’s in “Klinik Desa” used when they go for house visit.

Then he explained to us about the forms that used to record the cases in health care units. The diseases are noise induced hearing loss, skin diseases, poisoning and lung diseases. Accident and sharps injury also will be notified and investigated.

Besides that, KPAS also responsible in making sure that certain group of health care providers get their Hepatis B vaccination. They are doctors, pharmacists, nurses and laboratory workers. Everyone who falls into this category will require having their vaccination and a card will be given to them stating the date of injection, anti-HBs test and HBsAg test result for further reference.

End of the session, he explained to us about the auditing process required to access the safety of workplace and also the safety precautions taken by the workers. This requires us to fill up two forms and there will be a calculation to get their demerit point. The demerit point will be reference when they should have the next auditing. If the point is more than 75%, the next auditing will 3years once, followed by 2 years once if the point is 50-75% and less than 50% indicates auditing of 6 months once. The form that used is OHU/Audit H&S-1 and Sheet 1.

Then we visited “Klinik Desa” Nako Nambua for auditing. Upon reaching and greeted by the JM, we start our auditing with the help of PPKP and his assistant. It takes about 1 hour to finish our auditing. Our attachment with KPAS unit is over with the field work in “Klinik Desa”.

In evening, we joined Vector unit for fogging activity at Kg.Hulu. Before heading to the village, we’re given short briefing on Vector unit and how the fogging is is done.