Information Package / Course Catalogue
Industrial Hygiene and Worker Health
Course Code: OHS518
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Students should be able to identify health-related hazards and risks in the workplace and take necessary hygiene measures

Course Content

The physical factors (noise, heat, radiation, vibration, etc.), biological (microbes, bacteria, viruses, ricketsia, spirochetes etc.) encountered in the working environment and the health risks they create and the precautions to be taken to prevent them. Health risks created by chemical substances (gases, vapors, dusts, etc.) encountered in the working environment, measures to be taken to prevent them

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To know the health risks of physical, biological and chemical substances encountered in working environment
2.Know and practice the measures to be taken to protect against these factors
3.Recognize personal protectors
4. Learns the definition of hazard
5. Learns the investigation of occupational accidents
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Hygiene Concept, Definition, Occupational Health Team and Priority
Week 2 - Theoretical
Recognition of Dangers and Risks in the Work Environment, Evaluation of Safety
Week 3 - Theoretical
Identification of Hazards: Biological Business Environment and Health Effects (Industrial Dermatoses, etc.)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Hazard Identification: Chemical Business Environment and Health Effects (Solvents etc.)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Hazards Identification: Physical Business Environment and Health Effects (Particles, Industrial Noise, Thermal Endpoints-Thermal Comfort, Ergonomics, Ionized Radiation, Non-ionized Radiation, etc.)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Industrial Toxicology and Evaluation Methods
Week 7 - Theoretical
Hazard Assessment, Microscopic Scale, Microbial Growth, Cross-Contamination
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Hazard Control: Methods, Industrial ventilation, General ventilation (Air sampling, Gas-vapor monitoring etc.)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Protection Mechanism of the Body: Useful Pathogens and so on.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Personal Protectors / Business Hygiene: Personal Hygiene, Effective Hand Wash Procedures
Week 12 - Theoretical
Handling Protectors / Business Hygiene: Hygiene of Tools, Materials, Protective Equipment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Investigation and Evaluation of Work Accidents, Occupational Diseases and Ways of Protection
Week 14 - Final Exam
Semester final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading410040
Individual Work120020
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
3
4
5
4
5
OÇ-2
4
4
5
4
5
OÇ-3
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-4
4
4
5
5
4
OÇ-5
3
4
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026