title: An organizational study of hazard communication. The health provider perspective.
abstract: Without question, the more involved nurses were in the elements of hazard identification and MSDS collection and review, the more they knew about the hazardous substances and work processes at the facility. But for the most part, nurses did not participate in Haz Com programs. The process of hazard communication is complicated by the serial transmission of information through a channel of actors, from chemical manufacturers, to managers, to health and safety professionals, and finally, to workers. The larger the number of health and safety professionals in the company, the more health and safety functions were specialized and the less nurses knew about the role of safety and industrial hygiene. The ability of the organization to affect the transfer of hazard information through nurses, by policies or procedures which sharply define the limits of health functions and safety functions, is supported by observations which transcend any individual variances among production sites and nurses.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McNeely
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances