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a road safety campaign
in Central America
sponsored by
FCC Construcción
FCC Construcción in Central America has a
launched an awareness-building campaign
on safety and health. “Primero la Vida” (Life
comes first) aims to create awareness by
disseminating, through different capsules
and messages, the most important aspects
of safety and health.
The first message of the campaign empha-
sises the use of the safety belts in perso-
nal and cargo vehicles and aims to build
Did you know that…
•
It is necessary to differentiate between
the “Dry Eye Syndrome” and eye dry-
ness, since the former is a pathology
that must be diagnosed and treated
by an eye doctor.
•
It involves a reduction or alteration of
tear production.
•
It is very common in women due to
hormonal changes and, therefore, al-
terations are common during adoles-
cence, pregnancy, breast-feeding, and
menopause.
“Primero la Vida”,
Do your eyes feel
dry?
awareness among drivers that buckling the
safety belt can safe lives.
As part of the campaign, posters were dis-
tributed in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicara-
gua and stickers referring to the campaign
were pasted on vehicles.
Besides this visual support, a course was
organised for the teams with the objecti-
ve of making them become involved in an
issue that could mark a difference in their
work day.
This initiative is part of the occupational
safety and health plan launched in the pro-
jects currently being executed in Central
America. FCC maintains strict safety and
health controls so as to reduce hazards and
to make workplaces safe.
•
Tear production could diminish due to
the use of computers or by spending
too much time looking up close during
working hours.
•
There are several types of eye drops to
mitigate the sense of dryness. Never-
theless, it is necessary to choose the
right one. The use of eye drops not
adapted to a patient’s actual needs
could even increase the symptoms.
Go to your eye doctor if...
•
Your eyes are red, itch, burn, you have
cloudy or tired vision, etc. The sense
of dry eyes may not be noticed since
this could be the cause of your symp-
toms.
•
You start to notice that you cannot to-
lerate your contact lenses as you did
before. These can be adapted to ones
that you can use longer and are more
comfortable by choosing the material
that are most suitable to your needs.
•
If you experience symptoms associa-
ted with the screen of your compu-
ter, tablets, etc., such as headache.
By improving tear production, these
symptoms could diminish.
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