Severity index for use in state-based surveillance of acute pesticide-related illness and injury.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The purpose of the severity index is to provide simple, standardized criteria for assigning severity to cases of acute pesticide-related illness and inj ury. It is important to assign a severity category to each case of acute pesticide-related illness and injury. An understanding of illness severity will be useful for evaluating the morbidity of acute pesticide-related illness and injury, for assessing its impact on society, and to assist the targeting of limited intervention/prevention resources toward the most pressing pesticide problems. This severity index is based upon existing systems for ranking severity of poisonings, including pesticide illness. It takes into account the following: signs and symptoms; whether medical care was sought; whether the individual was hospitalized; and, whether there was lost time fRom, William N.ork or usual activities. Severity should only be assigned to acute pesticide-related illnesses or injuries classified as definite, probable, possible, or suspicious. As such, this severity index should be used in conjunction with the Case Definition for Acute PesticideRelated Illness and Injury Cases Reportable to the National Public Health Surveillance System.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Case Reports Epidemiology Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Health-hazards Health-standards Medical-monitoring Medical-treatment Occupational-exposure Occupational-medicine Pesticides Regulations Surveillance-programs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023196
• Citation:
  NIOSH, 2001 Nov; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches ; Surveillance Research Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:359094e4881a87d45775f36ab0bb009c33fa69af1f03c9fa2dc8da32ba7e5e3beede5d304747205e1258a3b069b20c6eb2f60a318ba0de884ed97b8ab3a72f75
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181126/cdc_181126_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 30.75 KB ]