Sanitary and epidemiological service

A requirement was introduced in this respect to undertake expert sanitary-hygienic measures for the treatment of wastes in accordance to article 24 of Law on Wastes of Ukraine, No 187-98-VR from 05.03.98 and articles 25 and 33 of Law of Ukraine "On the provision of sanitary and epidemic welfare for the population". Annually the sanitary and epidemiological service conducts over 500 expert operations. Till... 

The rather thoughtless use of chemical compounds for plant protection in the second half of the XX century has brought about the accumulation in the storehouses of some facilities of about 1000 tons of preparations that are unfit for use, forbidden or unidentified. The sanitary and epidemiological service jointly with the Ecological inspection and the District station for plant protection are conducting an inventory of the storage sites of these toxic wastes. Inventory data with indications for the place of the storage, the names of the preparations and their quantity is kept in a computer database. 

Currently to our regret, the laboratories of the state sanitary and epidemiological service lack modem indication instruments and express methods equipment, allowing a quick determination of the presence of toxic material. 

With the development of chemical industry the moment has come to equip the laboratories of the sanitary and epidemiological services with modem instrumentarium and methods, capable quickly to establish small (insignificant) quantities of the different groups of poisoning material in the air, the water and the food products. 

The sanitary and epidemiological service of the Dnepropetrovsk district also provides supervision for the observance of radiological safety rates during operation of ionizing radiation sources in public health, industry and other industrial branches. It carries out studies on food products, drinking water, construction material, gamma-survey of the territory. 

Annually the radiological subdivisions of the sanitary and epidemiological service of Dnepropetrovsk district are conducting measurements for over 1000 different tests and for more than 2000... 

The results of the analysis made by the sanitary and epidemiological service of the city of Krivoi Rog, revealed that the main reason that provoked the cases of ravishment was the formal attitude of the responsible persons towards their duties, for which they were punished in accordance with the sanitary legislation. 

An orderly system for interaction of the authorities on all levels including lifeguards, ecological, sanitary and epidemiological service, specialized from the radiological protection organizations was created in the Dnepropetrovsk district in order to counteract with a well-timed reaction to any information about suspicious for radiation objects. As a result of the coordinated activities of all interested services, now it takes less than one day from the incoming of the information on suspicious radiation object till its neutralization. 

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