Successful training strategies to implement a workplace hazardous materials information system. An evaluation study at 80 plants.

According to recent regulations, Canadian companies must establish a Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). Employee training is an essential facet of the system. The study looked at various training strategies and evaluated employees' comprehension about WHMIS and the quality of the WHMIS system at 80 manufacturing plants in the province of Québec in Canada.

Efficacy of training procedures in implementing a legislated safety programme.

This study examines the effect of training procedures, as measured by the results of a test, on the level of assimilation of a new safety programme in 80 Quebec companies. The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) was introduced in the province in 1989. The bipartite safety association representing the manufacturers of transportation equipment and machinery offered two types of WHMIS training services to their members: (a) 4 h employee training courses, and (b) two-day trainer training courses.

[Concentration of the trace elements after jejunoileostomy in extreme obesity (author's transl)].

Jejunoileostomy has been performed for several years in extreme obesity and leads to a decrease of several microelements in blood serum. Mainly zinc, copper, and calcium are concerned. But the increasing adaptation of the active parts of the short bowel within a few months is followed by extensive normalization of the other disturbances after jejunoileostomy.