Executive Director: Dr Barry Kistnasamy
The functions of the NIOH are:
- Advisory services
which include giving advice on establishing occupational health
services at provincial, district and enterprise levels; serving
on technical committees, and consultations with individuals
and enterprises on hazard control and the monitoring of workers.
- Information services, including South Africa's national reference
library, a toxicology query handling service and the SADC Clearing
House for occupational health.
- Support services,
eg. specialised laboratories and health hazard evaluations.
- Applied laboratory
and epidemiological research.
- Surveillance
of occupational disease and indicators of occupational health
practice.
- Development of occupational health professionals and specialists.
- The statutory
autopsy services in terms of the Occupational Diseases in Mines
& Works Act (ODMWAct).
Services
The NIOH provides a range of services to support occupational health,
including the statutory autopsy service, advisory services, information
services, specialised laboratories and health hazard evaluations.
Please click here to go to NIOH website: www.nioh.ac.za
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