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Medical screening is a component of

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A comprehensive medical surveillance program

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Fundamental purpose of screening

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  • Early diagnosis and treatment of the individual

- Has a clinical focus

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Fundamental purpose of surveillance

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  • To detect and eliminate the underlying causes of such hazards or exposures of any discovered trends
  • Has a prevention focus
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OSHA medical surveillance requirements are generally…

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

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Medical screening

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  • 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
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References for medical screening

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  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
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Medical surveillance

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  • 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
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Resources for medical surveillance

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  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
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Two fundamental strategies for optimizing employee health

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  1. Medical screening

2. Medical surveillance

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