Mandatory reporting of occupational diseases by clinicians

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• Personal Author:
  Chorba TL ; Drachman JG ; Freund, Eugene ; Hull HF ; Safford SK ; 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]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Disease-control Disease-incidence Employee-health Industrial-hygiene Industrial-safety Information-systems NIOSH-Author Occupational-health Surveillance-programs Workplace-monitoring
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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
• Volume:
  262
• Issue:
  21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00193410
• Citation:
  JAMA 1989 Dec; 262(21):3041-3044
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a57108901213eb1ccc21b09804d1bfade7468462c0e81862d17d84f396766da55678e3bff039b681bf81c2b4d0cbb8b30316cb9b5839635f2b8608d993b66505
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