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The Protocol
This
is a simple protocol to ensure that obvious methodological issues
are addressed and that the objective is clear. The intention is to
improve the occupational health service and not to do research so we
do not get ethics approval usually (i.e. it should be something that
an occupational health service would do anyway to evaluate an issue
and improve the service e.g. implementing a better housekeeping
programme in an analytical lab and evaluating staff blood lead
levels for decline after the changes).
You
need to examine the detailed protocol for the research study of the health
effects of manganese in a smelter provided below.
This is actually a full
research project protocol and far beyond what is being required of you
here in the 7-Step project stream.
Nevertheless you need to
follow the structure of this protocol when you draft your own one.
The detail need not be too
much but you should include something concise for all relevant headings to
your measurement task in the next step.
You will need to
cobble together the previous 3 sections with a concise version of your
literature review built into the introduction section.
A very detailed example
is provided below. You do not have to go to these lengths when
drafting your protocol. Just follow the structure and produce as
concise a version as possible.
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