Medical Screening And Surveillance- Done

Question 1

Medical screening is a component of

Answer 1

A comprehensive medical surveillance program

Question 2

Fundamental purpose of screening

Answer 2

• Early diagnosis and treatment of the individual

- Has a clinical focus

Question 3

Fundamental purpose of surveillance

Answer 3

• To detect and eliminate the underlying causes of such hazards or exposures of any discovered trends
• Has a prevention focus

Question 4

OSHA medical surveillance requirements are generally…

Answer 4

Clinically focused with information obtained from the clinical processes used in monitoring and analysis elements of medical surveillance e

Question 5

Medical screening

Answer 5

• A method for detecting disease or body dysfunction before and individual would normally seek medical care
• Usually administered to individuals without current symptoms, but who may be at high risk for certain adverse health outcomes

Question 6

References for medical screening

Answer 6

1. Screening and Surveillance: A Guide to OSHA standards
2. Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference
3. American Journal of Industrial Medicine
4. Specific Medical Tests or Examinations Published in the Literature for OSHA-regulated Substances-NIOSH
5. Medical Screening and Biological Monitoring: A Guide to the Literature for Physicians-Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
6. Making Sense of OSHA Standards with Medical Requirements: Part I

Question 7

Medical surveillance

Answer 7

• The analysis of health information to look for problems that may be occurring in the workplace that require targeted prevention
• May be based on a single case or sentinel event, but more typically uses screening results from a group of employees being evaluated for abnormal trends in health status
• Can also be conducted on a single employee over time

Question 8

Resources for medical surveillance

Answer 8

1. Surveillance-NIOSH
2. Indicators for Occupational Health Surveillance- CDC
3. Health Hazard Evaluations- NIOSH
4. The Work Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report
5. TVL/BEI Resource- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
6. Tracking Occupational Injuries, Illnesses and Hazards: The NIOSH Surveillance Strategic Plan
7. Best Practices in Workplace Surveillance: Identification and Tracking of Workplace Injury, Illness, Exposures and Hazards-NIOSH
8. Occupational Medical Surveillance Manual
9. National Occupational Exposure Survey Analysis of Management Interview Responses
10. A Guide for the Management, Analysis, and Interpretation of Occupational Mortality Data
11. National Occupational Exposure Survey Sampling Methadology

Question 9

Two fundamental strategies for optimizing employee health

Answer 9

1. Medical screening

2. Medical surveillance