Agent
Definition
The specific or potential negative effect of a physical, chemical, biological, or other nature on the health or wellbeing of persons. Examples of agents are benzene, UV radiation, and lifting heavy weights.
Use
Agents and exposure to them are measured and recorded for company industrial hygiene and safety purposes. The amount of agents and the frequency with which they occur, or even their mere presence can trigger certain health surveillance protocols . Because of the links to different organizational units such as position or job, the SAP system determines which persons are exposed to what agents and in what quantities, and whether a health surveillance protocol should be performed if certain fixed reference values are exceeded.
You can enter different properties for each agent, such as ratings or frequency (see Assigning Agents to Objects ).
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