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1
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What are the 2 main elements of occupational disease?

A

exposure - effect relationship

frequency above average morbidity of the rest of population

2
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What is the IIDB?

A

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Scheme

employee does not have to make a claim against employer, if they have a condition and their work meets the requirements then they receive benefits

3
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What is required for a disease to be ‘prescribed’?

A

risk at least doubled

jobs listed against particular disease

4
Q

who might get anthrax?

A

animal handlers

5
Q

Who might get extrinsic allergic alveolitits?

A

exposure to mould or fungal spores, caring for or handling birds

6
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Who might get Hep B or C?

A

contact with human blood

7
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Who might get Q fever?

A

contact with animals and their remains (abattoir workers)

8
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What are the risk factors for leukaemia?

A

ionizing radiation

nuclear industry

9
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What are the risk factors for cataract?

A

radiation

glass and metal workers

10
Q

Who might get ocucpational deafness?

A

wood workers

foundry workers

11
Q

What is HAVS?

A

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome

12
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What is CTS?

A

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

13
Q

Who are at risk of decompression sickness?

A

underwater or tunnel workers

14
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Who might get tendonitis?

A

meat cutters

assembly workers

15
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Who might get chronic cramp of forearm?

A

repititive work movement

16
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Who might get prepatellar bursitis?

A

prolonged kneeling

17
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What is the trend in frequency of workers suffering from MSK disorders?

A

it is in decline

18
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What is the trend in workers suffering from mental health disorders related to work?

A

it is increasing, over the last few years

19
Q

What occupations increase risk of pneumoconioses?

A

mining
quarrying
sand blasting
granite grinding

20
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What increases risk of COPD?

A

coal dust
wood dust
textile dust

21
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Who might be at more risk of Occupational Asthma?

A

cleaners, their detergents etc contain a lot of harmful things

22
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What are the 2 main causes of occupational skin diseases?

A

allergic contact dermatoses

irritant contact dermatoses (often people who work in salons, or vitiligo from photosensitising agents)

23
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What is the importance of occupational history?

A

evidence that work is a likely cause
diagnosis leads to better management
assisting RTW

24
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Where might you find evidence for workplace irritant exposure?

A

occupational history
results of exposure survey at work
exposure records

25
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What additional information might help forming diagnosis for OD?

A

minimum intesity
minimum duration
minimum induction period
maximum latency periods

26
Q

When is Bradford Hill’s criteria for causation used?

A

establishing epidemiological evidence to support causal relationship between presumed cause and observed effect

big populations over individual cases basically

27
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What needs to be reported under RIDDOR?

A

work related accidents causing death / serious injuries
diagnosed cases of certain industrial diseases
dangerous occurences