# Presentation: 021606

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***             ******Vision and Mission***
***     ******Proverb “Without a vision, the people perish”***
***Vision- to protect the physical and mental health of the NASA workforce***
***Mission- To mitigate the suffering from occupational and non-occupational disease (NASA employee health better than the general population)***

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Core Competencies***
- Occupational Medicine
- Industrial Hygiene
- Workers’ Compensation
- Employee Assistance Program
- Physical Fitness

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***    ******Biennial Program Reviews****** ***
- Code R centers, MAF,SSC,KSC,WSTF
-    and DRFC - even years
- MSFC,JSC,GSFC,WFF,JPL,HQ - odd years
- Standing Committees (OEB’s)
- Ad hoc (Special invitation,Accident Boards)

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***    ******Program Reviews- Purpose***
- Regulatory Compliance  (OSHA,OWCP,OPM)
- NASA Standards (NPD/G 1800’s)
- Assure Consistency,Adequacy of Programs
- Awareness and Advocacy
- Best Practices and Provide Assistance
- Technical Advice

**Notes:**
Consistency, each center has considerable autonomy-need for adequacy and meets minimum standard
Awareness-  For center mgt and employees also
Advocacy- to take program enhancement to center, and from center to NASA mgt. Including Health Council
Best practices-can be the smallest to the largest center
Provide assistance-training money
Technical advice- for the centers, on new programs WMD

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***        ******Occupational Medicine***
- Occupational Medicine
-     (Physician, Nursing)
- Health Education and Awareness
- Medical Review Officer
-     (Drug Free Work Place)
- Emergency Medical Services
- Child Care Facilities (medical aspects)

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***           ******Industrial Hygiene***
- Environmental Health
- Radiological Health
-    (Ionizing and Non-Ionizing)
- Environmental Sanitation

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***     ******Workers’ Compensation***
- Case management/ return to work
- Federal Worker 2000 compliance
- Cost and reporting
- Interface with related disciplines- safety,medical, human resources,payroll
- NPG 1840.1 on WC management

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Employee Assistance Programs***
- Physical & Psychological Health of Employees
- Access to Center Management
- Critical Incident Response Involvement
- Adequate Staffing
- On line Training

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Physical Fitness Programs***
- Safe Facility
- On-site Trained Personnel
- Fitness Classes
- American College Sports Medicine consensus standards
- Increase utilization

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Other Programs***
- Nutrition
***Procedures***
- Extant NPD’s
- NPG 1840.1
- NPG 1800.x

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Procedures***
-  Checklist format for disciplines for
-     Standardization
-     Metrics and Database
-     Program Advocacy
-  Closeouts with SME’s and Center
-     Management

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Procedures- Checklists in place:***
-     Occupational Medicine,
-     Industrial Hygiene,
-     Health Physics,
-     EAP,
-     Fitness,
-     Child Care,
-     Workers’ Compensation, and
-     Food Sanitation
-  Checklists To Be Done: EMS, Nutrition

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Since We Met Last:***
-     **Launch Site Services Contract (LSSC)**
- Performanced Based, Award Fee Contract,
- Incumbent contract/employees
- Industrial Hygiene vacant.
-     **Level of Funding Increased**** **
- Medical Quality Assurance
- Epidemiological Feasibility
- Training dollars available

## Occupational Health Program Schedules and Procedures

***Since We Met Last:***
-     **New Iniatives**
- Medical Quality Assurance Program Plan
- Model Statement of Work (SOW) for medical and industrial hygiene contracts
- WMD Policy Development
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing EAP’s

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference

***        ******Location:  Washington,DC,***
***     ******Willard Hotel, July 8-12, 2002***
***     ******Concurrent meeting with the ***
***         ******NASA Health Physicists***
***                      ******Theme:***
***      ******Assessment and Management***
***               ******of Health Threats***

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference

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- Two blocks from White House, the Willard is ranked as the #1 hotel in Washington DC according to Conde Nast Traveler 2002
- Gold List, The World’s Best Places to Stay

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***        ******Location:  Washington,DC,***
***     ******Willard Hotel, July 7-12, 2002       ***
-        Government Rate/Fire Safety app‘d.
-        Extensively remodeled large rooms
-        Historic hotel, since 1816
-        Fitness room, mall jogging
-        56K lines, no pool
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## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***        ******Professional Development Course***
***	******	******     ******Monday, July 8, 2002:***
***             ******RISK COMMUNICATION***
***    ******Dr. Peter Sandman, Professor at Rutgers University, Robert Woods Johnson Medical School, founder of Environmental Communications Research Program at Rutgers and noted author.***
***    ******Monday evening: Reception “The Nest”***

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***        ******Professional Development Course***
***	******	******     ******Tuesday July 9, 2002:***
***      ******Management of Radiological   ***
***                  ******Terrorist Events***
***    ******Dr. Ray Johnson, Director of the Radiation Safety Academy.  Multiple engineering degrees and Ph.D. from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute***

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats 

***Plenary Session:    Tuesday, July 9******th****** ***
*US ARMY Research Institute for Infectious Diseases:*
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***COL Theodore Cielsak, Biological Terrorsim***
***COL Charles Hurst, Chemical Terrorsim***
***CPT. Cutis Cummings, Radiological Terrorism ***
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## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***Plenary Session:   Wednesday July 10***
*** ***
***Updates on OHP Program from NASA on Medical Quality Assurance and WMD policy***
***Luncheon Speaker:  Kenneth Cooper, MD, MPH, Cooper Aerobics Center and Cooper Institute, Dallas on:***
***     “******Preserving Cardiovascular Health”  ***

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***Plenary Session:   Wednesday July 9******th******, ***
***(continued)***
***Afternoon: Medical/Nursing; IH, EAP breakouts***
***Evening - Medical COTR’s Reception***

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***             ******Plenary Sessions:***
***           ******Thursday July 10******th******, ***
***   ******Dr. Kimberly Young, Internet Addictions***
***   ***
***   ******Workers’ Compensation breakout***
***   ******Afternoon & evening- tour of the ***
***         ******District of Columbia***

## Occupational Health Program                            2002 Conference -- Assessment and Management of Health Threats

***             ******Plenary Sessions:***
***              ******Friday July 12******th***
**    ****Planned blockbuster presentation **
**by a noted national government figure.**** **
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