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Looking for help on Vitamin D Deficiency in the workplace. Have persons suffering with this that do not work next to or near a window. Does anyone know of any publications to help with this subject.
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Andy
Lots of information available on the web
I don't think this is a work related issue
Around 10 to 15 minutes a day in the summer sun without sunscreen is enough to top up vitamin D levels for most people. Health officials don't give firm recommendations on the duration because the ideal amount of sun depends on people's skin type and how quickly they get sun burn. People with darker skin need longer in the sun that those with lighter skin.
The best time of day for making vitamin D from sunlight is 11am to 3pm, April to October.
It doesn’t require putting on a bikini or trunks, but the larger the area of the body uncovered, the more vitamin D the body makes.
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You can’t make vitamin D from sitting indoors by a sunny window because ultraviolet B (UVB) rays can’t get through, but you can still burn.
Most people can make enough vitamin D from being out in the sun daily for short periods with their forearms, hands or lower legs uncovered and without sunscreen from March to October, especially from 11am to 3pm.
A short period of time in the sun means just a few minutes – about 10 to 15 minutes is enough for most lighter-skinned people – and is less than the time it takes you to start going red or burn. Exposing yourself for longer is unlikely to provide any additional benefits.
People with darker skin will need to spend longer in the sun to produce the same amount of vitamin D.
Extracts from:http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Summerhealth/Pages/vitamin-D-sunlight.aspx
Just be aware (I'm sure you are) of the risk of skin cancer. But in short it only takes a few minutes break and
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Smacks of a desperate attempt to bag a window seat!
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Agree. Unless your work activity requires you to be locked in a darkened room 24/7 I struggle to see an occupational safety point in the post. Seems to me to be a natural activity/lifestyle issue.
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Friday reply.
Move desks to car park and don't let them back in the office in the winter, or, move them on to night-shift
With the hours of work, weekends, etc. I would suggest that the amount of "top up" they are missing during working hours is nearly negligible. If I had a Doctors note, or Occ Health request it would be a different matter, but it's nothing that a 20 minute walk at lunch time wouldn't put right in my view.
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Lots of people have too little vitamin D regardless of where or whether they work. The answer is to take vitamin supplements. It is a personal health issue and not an occupational issue.
Presumably they are allowed out of the building at lunchtime so have access to sunshine, weather allowing.
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Might work in a submarine
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andyru22 wrote:Looking for help on Vitamin D Deficiency in the workplace. Have persons suffering with this that do not work next to or near a window. Does anyone know of any publications to help with this subject. What about those on night shifts? Stroll on!
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If they are sitting in the dark, they should be able to grow mushrooms which have vitamin D in them. I believe the other thing used to help mushrooms grow is Bull S... errm Excrement :o)
It is Friday after all.
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There are a few publications out there, one I can highly recommend by Bram Stoker about a character Vampire called Count Dracula who suffered from a terrible vitamin D deficiency in the workplace....
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MEden380 wrote:Might work in a submarine As a former underwater warrior the lack of Vitamin D never surfaced. No vitamin supplements ever required or issued and no clever lighting; to be honest rarely discussed beyond the occasional query where the official line was along the lines of "There is no need for food or vitamin supplements as the food is of a high quality" and, to be honest, my round belly is testament to that statement.
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Vitamin D deficiency can be as a result of other hormone problems in the body not just getting sunlight. This needs investigating by OH professional. IMHO
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Thanks peeps my thoughts exactly.
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stevedm wrote:This needs investigating by OH professional. IMHO No it doesn't OH, is for workplace health issues. This is a job for a GP.
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andyru22 wrote:Looking for help on Vitamin D Deficiency in the workplace. Have persons suffering with this that do not work next to or near a window. Does anyone know of any publications to help with this subject. ...read the question...
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I suffer from vitamin deficiency and the GP simply prescribed vitamin D supplement tablets, problem solved, so don't believe this to be a work related issue as I work in a office environment with occasional visits to construction sites (only when sunny & dry).
Regards
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SP900308 Posted: 03 June 2016 13:50:38
There are a few publications out there, one I can highly recommend by Bram Stoker about a character Vampire called Count Dracula who suffered from a terrible vitamin D deficiency in the workplace....
that comment made my day Dracula and H&S
ha ha ha
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stevedm wrote:andyru22 wrote:Looking for help on Vitamin D Deficiency in the workplace. Have persons suffering with this that do not work next to or near a window. Does anyone know of any publications to help with this subject. ...read the question... But surely the deficiency is not just confined to when they are at work. It must be a general health issue, therefore for their GP to address, not a very tenuous link to OH.
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Watcher wrote:stevedm wrote:andyru22 wrote:Looking for help on Vitamin D Deficiency in the workplace. Have persons suffering with this that do not work next to or near a window. Does anyone know of any publications to help with this subject. ...read the question... But surely the deficiency is not just confined to when they are at work. It must be a general health issue, therefore for their GP to address, not a very tenuous link to OH. Agreed it may be external...I have just had a young leady diagnosed but it was OH call first then once workplace issues where eliminated.. so clear link not tenuous. There are more than one reason for hormone issues if you don't know don't shout down someone who does... :)
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There IS more than one reason for hormone issues.
Don't presume that you are the only one who knows about them. :-/
No-one has shouted you down., It's just that no-one else agrees with you.
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I think the manager should allow them to work outside on the grass, legs crossed and in total silence of course.
We don't want the other people in the office to see thembecause they will all want to go out.
Instead of a tea break call it play time and ensure they all have to go outside for some sun.
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Watcher wrote:There IS more than one reason for hormone issues.
Don't presume that you are the only one who knows about them. :-/
No-one has shouted you down., It's just that no-one else agrees with you.
Again read the statement - wasn't specific to me there are others, you don't seem to be in that group tho' ;)
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