Medical Surveillance in Work-Site Safety and Health Programs

Details

• Personal Author:
  Sokas RK ; Wesdock JC
• Description:
  Businesses frequently call on family physicians to provide employee health services at the work site or in the clinician's office. These services include medical screening (detection of dysfunction or disease before an employee would ordinarily seek medical care) and medical surveillance (analysis of health information to identify workplace problems that require targeted prevention). Such services can transform acute care and routine screening activities into opportunities for primary prevention when they are integrated into the broader framework of work-site safety and health programs. Components of these programs include management commitment, employee participation, hazard identification and control, employee training and program evaluation. For optimal program success, family physicians must communicate with frontline safety officers and have first-hand knowledge of the workplace and its hazards. Professional and technical resources are available to guide the family physician in the role of medical surveillance program coordinator. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health Care Health Programs Health Services Medical Care Medical Screening Occupational Health Programs Surveillance Programs Worker Health Workers
• ISSN:
  0002-838X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020856
• Citation:
  Am Fam Phys 2000 May; 61(9):2785-2790
• Contact Point Address:
  James C. Wesdock, M.P.H., 13220 Drakewood Rd, Midlothian, VA 23113-3887
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Family Physician
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198515/cdc_198515_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 593.50 KB ]