Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics Exposure Code System and Criteria for Substances That Cause Work-Related Asthma

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• Personal Author:
  Kirkland KH ; Rosenman, Kenneth D.
• Description:
  The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) is made up of more than 50 occupational and environmental member clinics, which although predominately in the USA includes clinics in other countries. AOEC has developed many educational and clinical resources since its beginning in 1988. Almost all of these resources are accessible by all practitioners. In 1991, the AOEC developed a database system for use by AOEC clinics to help identify emerging occupational and environmental health concerns. This database included diagnostic and exposure data on occupational and environmental illnesses and injuries for patients seen in member clinics. The clinical information in the database is not available to all practitioners due to privacy concerns. By 1993, AOEC recognised the need for a more standardised and flexible coding system for exposures in clinical settings. In 1995, an epidemiologist, and an industrial hygienist, developed an exposure classification (EC) system for use by clinicians that included not only chemicals but other hazards (Hunting, McDonald, 1995). The EC-List is not an official document of any governmental agency and is available without charge at http://www.aoecdata.org . ... The EC-List is currently the only known list of the causes of work-related asthma (WRA) that is regularly updated and revised in response to new publications in the peer-reviewed medical literature. Other compilations of the causes of WRA are publications, which become dated or websites such as the World Allergy Organization which has not been updated since 2014. ... The AOEC database and EC-List has received funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The criteria for WRA and designation are strictly funded and approved through AOEC. Unfortunately, disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EHRs access and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has interrupted the routine collection of data from the AOEC member clinics. However, the EC-List is still widely used by member clinics, various states, and private entities. Potentially its use could be expanded by its inclusion into EHRs in conjunction with the NIOSH Occupational Data for Health (ODH) initiative. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma, Occupational Database Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Databases Environmental Medicine Occupational Asthma Occupational Medicine Surveillance Programs
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  287-288
• Volume:
  79
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064630
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2022 Apr; 79(4):287-288
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Katherine H Kirkland, Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• Email:
  kkirkland@aoec.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20090930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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