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OSHA/SAFETY
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PERSONAL & FAMILY PREPAREDNESS
HODGEPODGE
COMMUNITY
100
The use of this device by employees driving state-owned, leased, rental or personal vehicles while on agency business is strictly pohibited unless in an emergency.
What is a cell phone? (Do not use cell phones, to include text messaging and the use of hands free devices.)
100
This is the number one reported STD thus far in 2011 for RCAHD?
What is Chlamydia? As of 5/8/11: Alleghany Co. (3), Botetourt Co. (15), Craig Co. (), Covington City (4), Roanoke Co. (69), Salem City (22), Roanoke City (230)
100
The minimum number of days a disaster supply kit should last, based on family size.
What is 3 days?
100
This date is the begining of the fiscal year for the Health Department.
What is July 1st?
100
District Environmental Health Staff investigates on average 600 of these in our local communities each year.
What are possible rabies exposures?
200
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires the use of this equipment to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not feasible or effective in reducing these exposures to acceptable levels.
What is persoanl protective equipment or PPE?
200
These two RCAHD jurisdictions have the highest percent of children living in poverty.
What are Covington City (23%) and Roanoke City (23%)?
200
The minimum number of gallons of water per person which should be included in a disaster supply kit.
What are 3 gallons of water? (One gallon per person for a minimum of 3 days.)
200
This element is a neurotoxin that is often found in old paint.
What is lead?
200
An unisured working client could be referred to this free clinc in our districts for medical care.
What is the Bradley Clinic or the Alleghany Clinic?
300
This should happen imediately in the event of direct exposure to blood or body fluids to exposed skin or mucous membranes.
What is washing skin with soap and water or or flushing mucous membranes with water?
300
This is Virginia’s 2007 national ranking for infant mortality.
What is 12th highest in the nation? In 2007 -- the most recent year available for national-level data -- the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked Virginia's infant mortality rate the 12th highest in the nation, with 7.8 deaths per 1,000 live births.
300
This is where you should shelter when driving a car during a tornado when a sturdy building is not nearby.
What is a culvert or ditch? (lie down flat and cover your head with your hands. Do not take shelter under a highway overpass or bridge, because debris could get blown under them or the structures themselves could be destroyed.)
300
This form of hepatitis is not bloodborne.
What is Hepatitis A?
300
This connects people with free information on available community services. (A trained professional listens to your situation and suggests sources of help using one of the largest databases of health and human services in Virginia.)
What is 211?
400
This document is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with information on handling or working with a substance in a safe manner.
What is a material safety data sheet (MSDS)?
400
These two jurisdictions have the highest percent of female Medicare enrollees who receive mammograms.
What are Craig County (86%) and Alleghany County (86%)?
400
Since you don't know where you will be when an emergency occurs; Disaster Supply Kits should be prepared for these locations.
What are home, work, and vehicles?
400
This reporting is mandatory for all employees funded by federal funds and for all staff providing direct patient care or having direct client contact.
What is Time and Effort?
400
This area agency serves all the localities of our districts and is dedicated to helping older persons to remain independent as long as possible.
What is the League of Older Americans? Services include: In-Home Serivces (i.e., Meals On Wheels); Elder Rights; Family Caregiver Support Services; and Life Enhancement Opportunities.
500
This document requires that job expectations are clearly defined in the employee work profile to include physical requirements as well as other provisions for workplace safety and health.
What is Executive Order 109 (10): Workplace Safety and Health?
500
This behavior can cause a number of health problems, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, reproductive troubles, and increased infant mortality.
What is is smoking? According to a 2008 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States nearly 450,000 people die of a smoking-related illness, resulting in 5.1 million years of potential life lost, $96 billion in direct medical costs, and $96.8 billion in lost productivity. In 2009, Virginia had the 19th highest smoking rate among the states; Virginia's adult smoking rate of 19 percent was above the national average of 17.9 percent.
500
This type of planning is focused on getting health departments back to business after a disaster.
What is What is Continuity of Operations Planning or COOP?
500
TRAIN is the acronym for this.
What is TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network?
500
According to the US Census Bureau, this locality in our districts has the following profile: population of 32,551, 14,365 housing units, and a land area of 543 square miles.
What is Botetourt County?