This chapter deals with Occupational Health and how to protect healthcare workers from acquiring infections (e.g. HAV, HBV, HIV, HCV, VZV, influenza, Covid-19, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, TB, diphtheria, meningococcal infection and tetanus) while at work. It describes how healthcare workers can be protected by providing pre-exposure vaccinations and post-exposure treatments, as well as discussing responses to outbreaks and routes of infection.

This chapter describes recognizing seizures, brief potentially ictal rhythmic discharges (BIRDs), and sporadic epileptiform discharges using a case-based approach. Electrographic seizures are patterns 10 seconds or longer of epileptic activity occurring at >2.5 Hz or other evolving patterns. If these patterns are associated with a clinical correlate, they are called electroclinical seizures, even if they are less than 10 seconds in duration. A high seizure burden may be associated with neurological decline. Patterns of rhythmic activity too short to qualify as seizures are termed BIRDs. Sporadic epileptiform discharges such as spikes or sharp waves are associated with increased seizure risk and epilepsy. Epilepsy itself is a clinical diagnosis of recurrent and unprovoked seizures.

This case study aims to investigate whether and in what ways the relations between the EU and its Member States and South Korea can be used to strengthen opportunities to appropriately regulate and remedy human rights violations in the Korean electronics industry. This study first determines the relevant social forces and historical factors in Korea. This is an essential key to a contextualised understanding of how so-called electronics chaebols are structured. Afterwards, the relevant legal commitments in the Framework and free trade agreements between the EU and Korea are discussed. These agreements lay a foundation for deeper transnational social network relations. A landmark dispute about the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining in Korea under the Free Trade Agreement is analysed. Finally, this case study determines to which extent people in Korea can use justice institutions when they allege that their rights have been infringed by electronics corporations. All relevant mechanisms are evaluated. An arbitration case between the Korean NGO Sharps and Samsung is discussed. Ten Korean experts have been interviewed to write this case study.

This chapter identifies and explains the fundamental role and responsibilities of the perioperative practitioner essential to the surgical scrub role; this includes surgical counts, sharps safety, specimen managements, and waste disposal. The scrub practitioner is a recognised member of the perioperative team, performing a crucial role in preparing the operating theatre environment for surgical procedures. They must ensure it is clean, ready, and safe to receive the surgical patient. The scrub practitioner should possess the requisite technical and non-technical skills, and theoretical underpinning knowledge of anatomy and physiology to optimally perform their role.