title: Chemical safety practice amongst the health workers of Fiji.
abstract: The National Health Service of Fiji includes private and public institutions that use a variety of chemicals of varying hazardousness. A survey was carried out to describe chemical safety issues amongst health workers in Fiji. Questionnaires were given to 133 private and Government health institutions. Most health facilities lack awareness on safe chemical waste management and do not have technical training on chemical safety. Most institutions do not have chemical handling, packaging and labelling procedure and equipment with a marked deficiency in the vector sector. Most facilities state that they have adequate chemical safety information from the suppliers, while a few alarmingly still resort to container labels and information from colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji Islands. a.naduva@fsm.ac.fj
authors.forename: Adriu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naduva
mesh_terms: D005367:Fiji; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D016272:Occupational Health; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D018505:Waste Management / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances