Mandatory Reporting of Occupational Diseases by Clinicians

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• Alternative Title:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, June 22, 1990 / Vol. 39 / No. RR-9: Mandatory Reporting of Occupational Diseases by Clinicians
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Chorba, Terence L. ; Drachman, Jonathan G. ; Freund, Eugene ; Hull, Harry F. ; Safford, Susan K. ; Seligman, Paul J. ; Chorba, Terence L. ; Drachman, Jonathan G. ; Freund, Eugene ; Hull, Harry F. ; Safford, Susan K. ; Seligman, Paul J.
• Description:
  A listing of state by state reporting requirements for occupational disease, as of September, 1988, was provided and discussed. The data were provided by each state and territorial epidemiologist, and discrepancies between prior and current reporting practices were clarified. Occupational infectious diseases were not included in the discussion. Case reporting was considered an essential disease surveillance activity which could influence the choice and implementation of control measures. Case reports, worksite inspection, systematic recording and analysis of reported data, and feedback of information on trends and control activities to reporting providers to increase their ability in occupational disease recognition were identified as components in an ideal surveillance system. The Sentinel Health Events (Occupational) listing was considered an important effort to improve disease recognition and the focus of surveillance activities. In the absence of quality provider reporting, laboratory reports, workers' compensation records, the NIOSH Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks and the Annual Survey published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics were considered to be useful methods of occupational disease case identification. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  This article was originally published in the December 1, 1989 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. This article was reprinted, with permission, as a service to the readership of MMWR.
  
  This is a duplicate version of another record. This record contains Descriptive and Administrative metadata specific to the contributions of staff from the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Disease-control Disease-incidence Employee-health Industrial-hygiene Industrial-safety Information-systems Occupational-health Surveillance-programs Workplace-monitoring
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 1990; v. 39, no. 9, p. 19-23 (6 pdf pages) ; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 1990; v. 39, no. 9, p. 19-23 (6 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   ; Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)  
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  p. 19-23 (6 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031706
• Citation:
  MMWR Recomm Rep 1990 Jun; 39(RR-9):19-23
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:792e0eb7ac97e57324288419bafd08c20717cdeea0bc4b9fc15c232af9590f24133fdd903134ae2f8a0b674e374f4a663fee2de81312b18a5d277e11c626b929
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182959/cdc_182959_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 171.02 KB ]