Visual environment 1100-3BO25
1. Definitions of the terms “environmental optometry” and “occupational optometry” and their relationship to occupational medicine
2. Main objectives, work pattern, professional and ethical standards of occupational optometry
3. Physical characteristics of light sources
4. Aspects of visual work analysis
5. Interaction of electromagnetic and ionizing radiation with eye tissues, UV index, factors harmful to vision
6. Laser light – features and hazards, classification of lasers by safety classes
7. Classification of professions due to visual requirements
8. The role of the optometrist in the company's program of protecting the eyesight of employees
9. The Polish legal regulations on the employer's obligations to provide employees with personal protective equipment, with particular emphasis on protecting the organ of sight
10. The Polish and European standards that must be met by products for the protection of the organ of vision, types of head, face and eye protection, the websites of the State Labor Inspectorate and the Central Institute for Labor Protection
11. ISO standards to ensure safe diagnosis of vision and safe use of visual aids
12. Driving motor vehicles vs. vision – legal aspects, methods of correction
13. First aid, fluids, devices and rules of conduct used in flushing eyes
14. Protective functions of soft contact lenses
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Written exam in the form of an individual performance task.
Credit and the final grade are given on the basis of the result obtained from the exam.
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
Books and monograph publications
1. G. H. Carson, Environmental and occupational optometry, Elsevier, 2009.
2. B. Naróg, Badania lekarskie, okulary korekcyjne, szkolenia bhp, stanowiska pracy: bhp w praktyce dla pracodawcy, C. H. Beck, 2013.
3. D. Kupka, Środki ochrony narządu wzroku, PIP, Warszawa 2015.
4. G. Owczarek, J. Szkudlarek, Środki ochrony wzroku dla osób z wadami wzroku, CIOP – PIB, Warszawa 2019.
Publications in journals:
- M. Kowalczyk-Hernández, „Indywidualne środki ochrony narządu wzroku,” Optyka 1(62), 64–65 (2020).
– M. Ciebiera, „Normy ISO dla soczewek okularowych,” Optyka 1(62), 66–70 (2020).
– M. Kowalczyk-Hernández, „Indywidualne środki ochrony narządu wzroku – polskie i międzynarodowe normy jakości,” Optyka 2(63), 30–31 (2020).
– Söderberg, P., Talebizadeh, N., Yu, Z. et al. “Does infrared or ultraviolet light damage the lens?” Eye 30, 241–246 (2016). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2015.266
– Eadie, E., Hiwar, W., Fletcher, L. et al. “Far-UVC (222 nm) efficiently inactivates an airborne pathogen in a room-sized chamber”, Sci Rep 12, 4373 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08462-z
– Dain, S.J., Huang, R., Tiao, A. et al. “When is protection from impact needed for the face as well as the eyes in occupational environments?”, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 101(3), 392–396 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cxo.12641
– Anshel J.R., “Visual Ergonomics in the Workplace”, AAOHN Journal, 55(10), 414–420 (2007). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/216507990705501004
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