| ALOSH | Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health |
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| COHN | Certified Occupational Health Nurse |
| FACOSH | Federal Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| OHC | occupational health center; outer hair cell |
| occupational groups | Members of the various professions (e.g., physicians) or occupations (e.g., police). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| occupational lung disease | Fibrosis and scarring of the lungs secondary to the repeated inhalation of dust associated with some occupation. Examples include silica, asbestos and coal dust exposure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| occupational medicine | <study> A branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of patients with occupational and environmental illness and injury. (09 Oct 1997) |
| occupational neurosis | Professional neurosis, a disorder of a group of muscles used chiefly in one's occupation, marked by the occurrence of spasm, paresis, or incoordination on attempt to repeat the habitual movements; e.g., writer's cramp; probably a focal dystonia. Synonym: craft palsy, functional spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational spasm | Professional spasm, obsolete term for occupational dystonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational therapist | <specialist> An individual trained to help people manage the daily activities of living, such as dressing, grooming or cooking, and regaining vocational skills. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational therapy | A form of therapy that encourages and instructs manual activities for therapeutic or remedial purposes in mental and physical disorders. (27 Sep 1997) |
| occupational therapy department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of any occupational or work activity for remedial purposes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ancillary services, hospital | Those support services other than room, board, and medical and nursing services that are provided to hospital patients in the course of care. They include such services as laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and physical therapy services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| backup electricity, backup services | Power or services needed occasionally; for example, when on-site generation equipment fails. (05 Dec 1998) |
| centralised hospital services | The coordination of services in one area of a facility to improve efficiency. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharmaceutical services | Total pharmaceutical services provided by a qualified pharmacist. In addition to the preparation and distribution of medical products, they may include consultative services provided to agencies and institutions which do not have a qualified pharmacist. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community pharmacy services | Total pharmaceutical services provided to the public through community pharmacies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contract services | Outside services provided to an institution under a formal financial agreement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| home care services | Community health and nursing services providing coordinated multiple service home care to the patient in his home. It includes services provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, hospitals, or other organised community groups. It differs from home nursing in that it is given by professionals while home nursing is provided by non-professionals. (12 Dec 1998) |