Making the diagnosis: tools for clinicians to ascertain environmental and occupational health exposures

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• Personal Author:
  Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Evans E
• Description:
  Accurate identification of the patient's exposure can lead to improved diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative decisions by the clinician and result in improved patient outcomes. Without an accurate diagnosis, the clinician may decide upon a symptom-based treatment that may be less effective. Once identified, a pesticide exposure incident should be considered a potential sentinel health event that may require follow-up efforts to locate the source and any additional cases. By identifying the source of exposure, the clinician can avert further exposure in the initial patient and other exposed individuals. Post-diagnostic activities are important to support a systems approach to pesticide exposure cases, including reporting the incident, filing a workers' compensation claim, and conducting specialty care referrals. The clinician must also be aware of several ethical and public health considerations. Lastly, there are key resources available to assist clinicians and patients in dealing with pesticide-related illnesses or injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Health Organophosphates Poisoning Preventive Medicine Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Diseases Exposure-levels Organic-chemicals Organic-compounds Organo-phosphorus-compounds Organo-phosphorus-pesticides Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Poisons Preventive-medicine Pyrethroids Risk-factors Safety-measures

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• Publisher:
  Environmental Protection Agency
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; South Carolina
• 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:
  13-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045231
• Citation:
  Recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, sixth edition. Roberts JR, Reigart JR, eds. Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, 2013 Jan; :13-28
• Editor(s):
  Roberts JR; Reigart JR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, sixth edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8ff9f0db3de788bd302fdce425a2e2b578161745c0784ed49203e44d400a8250131f88b9f45757b108ccccfa65100ad181049ee6f5b99ca42640b76ce15a283d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200727/cdc_200727_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.46 MB ]