Medical Safety & Global Health
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Implementation and Impact of the Public Health Emergency Response to COVID Outbreak

Shuwei Kun^{* *}Correspondence: Shuwei Kun, Department of Medical Sciences, Ningbo University, Zhejiang, China, Email:

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In order to give your staff the finest working environment possible and to satisfy your clients, public health and safety are crucial. Both public health inspectors and health and safety experts work to assure the safety of your employees, the absence of hazardous products from your workplace, and your immunity from liability for any accidents at work. Health and safety experts typically have more experience and offer more services than public health inspectors, despite the fact that they are frequently more well-known.

Because they both work to provide a healthy and secure workplace for staff members and the broader public, there may be confusion regarding the distinctions between public health inspectors and health and safety specialists. Public health contributes to reducing the causes of ill-health and improving people's health and wellbeing through: health protection-action for clean air, water and food, infectious disease control, protection against environmental health hazards, chemical incidents and emergency response.

The numerous components of public health include advocating for legislation that supports seatbelt use and smoke-free indoor air, disseminating information about healthy lifestyle choices, and offering scientifically sound solutions to issues.

The science of safeguarding and enhancing the health of individuals and their communities is known as public health. In order to accomplish this effort, healthy lifestyles are encouraged, disease and injury prevention research is conducted, and infectious disease detection, prevention, and response are studied.

The safety of both the general public and employees in the workplace is the responsibility of public health experts. Professionals in health and safety and public health have different objectives when conducting inspections and adhere to different laws. Enforcing health and safety in the workplace is the responsibility of health and safety professionals, commonly referred to as environmental health officers. These experts possess a diversified range of qualifications and certificates, as well as a vast range of experience, expertise, and skills. By lowering accident, illness, liability, workers' compensation, and regulatory fines, health and safety specialists help save businesses money.

Environmental health professionals guard against disease, injury, and sudden death at work. They ensure that workers adhere to federal safety and health laws since they are informed about Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules. They are in charge of looking into any accidents that happen and coming up with solutions.

Public places are investigated by public health inspectors to make sure they adhere to sanitary standards. Hotels and motels, restaurants, swimming pools, camps, housing developments, and healthcare facilities are some of these establishments.

Public health inspectors evaluate risk by looking at workplace physical, biological, and chemical dangers that could endanger staff members or visitors to the facility. An establishment that doesn't adhere to public health laws may be shut down by public health inspectors. Additionally, they educate staff members on how to adhere to the workplace's health and safety regulations.

Inspectors of public health often adhere to sanitation related rules. Public health inspectors make sure businesses handle and prepare food in accordance with FDA requirements. These requirements include hand cleaning, the use of hairnets and gloves, and proper food storage.

Employees are permitted to lodge an anonymous complaint against their employers, just like health and safety experts. A safety or health inspector would go to the location and look for any violations. Public health inspectors will grade the establishment and, if it doesn't adhere to FDA regulations, they even have the power to shut it down.