Workplace health surveillance

Workplace health surveillance or occupational health surveillance (U.S.) is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of exposure and health data on groups of workers.^[1]^[2] The Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health at its 12th Session in 1995 defined an occupational health surveillance system as "a system which includes a functional capacity for data collection, analysis and dissemination linked to occupational health programmes".^[3]

The concept is new to occupational health and is frequently confused with medical screening. Health screening refers to the early detection and treatment of diseases associated with particular occupations, while workplace health surveillance refers to the removal of the causative factors.^[4]

^ "Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers". U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: 146. April 2013. doi:10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013145. Retrieved 2017-04-27. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Worker Health Surveillance". U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
^ "Occupational Safety and Health". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
^ Eliasson, Kristina; Dahlgren, Gunilla; Hellman, Therese; Lewis, Charlotte; Palm, Peter; Svartengren, Magnus; Nyman, Teresia (2021-02-19). "Company Representatives' Experiences of Occupational Health Surveillance for Workers Exposed to Hand-Intensive Work: A Qualitative Study". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (4): 2018. doi:10.3390/ijerph18042018. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 7922478. PMID 33669705.

[:3-1] "Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers". U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: 146. April 2013. doi:10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013145. Retrieved 2017-04-27. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "Worker Health Surveillance". U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Retrieved 2017-04-27.

[3] "Occupational Safety and Health". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 2017-04-27.

[4] Eliasson, Kristina; Dahlgren, Gunilla; Hellman, Therese; Lewis, Charlotte; Palm, Peter; Svartengren, Magnus; Nyman, Teresia (2021-02-19). "Company Representatives' Experiences of Occupational Health Surveillance for Workers Exposed to Hand-Intensive Work: A Qualitative Study". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (4): 2018. doi:10.3390/ijerph18042018. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 7922478. PMID 33669705.

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