Biological hazards- a new challenge for occupational health and safety management system (ohsms)

Biological hazards at workplace present the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) professional with complex challenges due to the large number and variety of potential biological agents and their effects. Many work activities include hazards to workers, and among these biological risk is particularly important, mostly because all workplaces harbor the potential for various forms of biohazard exposure, including person-to-person transmission of infectious disease. While prevention and management of biohazards is often the responsibility of occupational or public health personnel, the generalist OHS professional should have an understanding of biohazards and their mechanisms of action, and the importance of vigilance and standard control measures. It is important to improve the current understanding of the health hazards caused by biological factors at the workplace.