[On certification of workplaces according to work conditions].

Certification of workplaces according to work conditions could be a powerful tool in analysis, assessment and management of occupational risk. Drawbacks in legal regulation however do not motivate employers to complete certification process, and some, as we consider, disputable points in major legal document regulating certification of workplaces prevent from using the certification results for setting the occupational risks, insurance payments and for solving other problems declared by current "Regulations for procedure of workplaces certification on work conditions".

["Industrial Hygiene" system as a basis of medical service for workers in Sverdlovsk region]. / Sistema "Meditsina truda" kak osnova meditsinskogo obsluzhivaniia rabotaiushchikh Sverdlovskoi oblasti.

The authors suggest a concept of multifield specialized "Industrial Hygiene" service based on integrated system of medical and social care, that includes monitoring of work conditions, evaluation of occupational risk and its management for prevention of and lowering general and occupational morbidity, transitory disablement morbidity, disability and premature deaths, for preservation of labour force in Sverdlovsk region.