Local Health Authorities

The ventilation system must be able to carry away hazardous fumes that may form during normal work. Monitoring the laboratory atmosphere for such fumes while work is in progress is not only advisable, but may even be required by law. Monitoring must be repeated whenever new fume-producing procedures are introduced or any time modifications are made to the ventilation system. Local health authorities should be contacted about... 

To assess the regional variations of Rn-222 in Norwegian dwellings, a simple and practical sampling procedure was chosen. The local health authorities in 75 municipalities were asked to select about 20 houses in their municipality, and dosemeters were sent by mail to the local health inspectors who in their turn contacted the householders. 

Health services provides essential and preventive services to ensure the highest quality of care to disaster victims in their time of need. This activity supplements the existing service delivery system for community health care and coordinates its effort with those of the local health authorities and medical and nursing communities. 

Naturally, the implementation of severe control measures result in extreme bureaucracy, which is quite infuriating, frustrating and discouraging at times. Nevertheless, in Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE registration approvals take 6 to 12 months, whereas in Oman it is not less than 24 months. Qatar varies from 12 to 24 months. Of course, in all fairness to the Ministries of Health, it must be stated that the delays are due to noncompliance by the pharmaceutical companies of the existing local Health Authority regulatory requirements. 

Whether the local Health Authority periodically visits the manufacturing facilities of the pharmaceutical company. 

Date of the most recent visit of the local Health Authority. 

Photocopies of registration approvals of the pharmaceutical preparation in 3 countries (especially Japan, North America and Western Europe, or countries specified by the local Health Authority (e.g., UAE)... 

In addition, it is imperative that pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers be represented locally by an official agent. It is required by law that the local agent be registered with the local Health Authority as the nominated official agent representing the interests of the pharmaceutical company and mcmufacturer in the respective Gulf State. 

Application Form. In most Gulf States except a few (e.g., Bahrain and the UAE where the Health Authority has provided a check list), the local Health Authority has an appropriate application form (questionnaire), which has to be duly completed by the official local agent and forwarded along with the submission. In Kuwait (Kuwait MOH 1990) and Qatar the application is uncomplicated, more or less a questionnaire with approximately 20 questions. On the contrary, in Oman the application form is more elaborate. 

The local Health Authorities of all Gulf States expect the official local agent to make the submission for registration approval. For this reason it is imperative that pharmaceutical companies are represented locally. 

In all of the Gulf States, the FSC is sine qua non (indispensable) and represents just one of the many vital documents required by the local Health Authority. Registration approval of a pharmaceutical preparation without an FSC is impossible in the Gulf States. 

A manufacturer or importer submits the application for to the MHW (to the Evaluation Center of NIHS after 1 July 1997) via the local health authority. 

Reporting suspected outbreaks and cases of notifiable illness to local health authorities is vital to allow measures to be taken to investigate threats of enteric infection arising from increasingly global and industrialized food supplies. The reporting of specific infectious diseases to the appropriate public health authorities is the cornerstone of public health surveillance, outbreak detection, and prevention and control efforts. 

Any complaint concerning a product defect and any adverse drug reaction occurred during treatment shall be recorded with details and investigated thoroughly, and the local health authorities shall be timely informed. 

In recent years more specific and more amply circumstantiated studies have been conducted in different areas such as the province of Forli, the province of Ferrara, the territory of the Comunita Montana dell Alto Tevere Umbro (Mountain Community of the Upper Umbrian Tiber Valley), the province of Pesaro, the City of Venice, the territory within the jurisdiction of the USL (local health authority) of Salo (in the province of Brescia, on the shore of Lake Garda), the town of Medole (province of Mantua), the town of Correggio (province of Reggio Emilia), the town of... 

Federal orders are not concerned with sanitary regulations. These are administered by state and local health authorities. 

Employees >- The competent authority >- The emergency services >- The local health authority >- The local authority. 

Occupational health practitioners liaise with a wide range of enforcement officers, such as medical and nursing advisers of the Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS), HSE inspectors, environmental health officers, planning officers and staff of the local Health Authority. They also liaise with local medical practitioners, keeping them informed of any health-related matters as far as they affect patients who may be employed by the particular organisation. 

Although a number of studies have investigated the effectiveness of registered repellents in Australia, few have tested those containing botanical active ingredients. In the absence of comparisons between the commonly registered products in Australia, it is difficult for local health authorities to provide adequate advice on repellent use. 

Regardless of changes in the relative risks associated with exposure to mosquitoes in the future, either through the introduction of exotic vectors and/or pathogens or shifts in the abundance and/ or distribution of local mosquitoes, the provision of informed advice on the use of topical insect repellent will remain critical. Local health authorities must have an adaptive approach to public health messages so that appropriate advice is provided on new commercial mosquito repellent... 

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