SENSOR: Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In order to develop local capability for the prevention of occupational disorders, a cooperative state/federal Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) was proposed. The system would use a network of sentinel providers (individual practitioners, laboratories, or clinical groups) to recognize and report designated occupational disorders to a state surveillance center, usually the state health department. The surveillance center would receive reports from the sentinel provider network, analyze the data, and follow up reports of occupational disorders. Action taken on case reports would include individual case management recommendations, medical evaluation of coworkers of identified cases, and preventive measures in the workplace. The center would also be available for technical consultation. Target occupational conditions for SENSOR included carpal tunnel syndrome, lead (7439921) poisoning in adults, noise/induced hearing loss, occupational asthma, pesticide poisoning, and silicosis. Although other means of reporting would be used initially, computer technology for electronic transmission of data to the centers would be developed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Insecticides Lead Lead Poisoning Metals, Heavy Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Occupational-diseases; Occupational-health-programs; Information-processing; Noise-induced-hearing-loss; Heavy-metals; Lead-poisoning; Pesticides; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Surveillance-programs; Risk-analysis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00171101
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87234670
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1987 May; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Hearing Loss ; Disease and Injury: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242272/cdc_242272_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]