ABSTRACT
Analysis of longstanding occupational morbidity helped to determine enterprises forming occupational morbidity in Sverdlovsk region and occupations with most frequently registered these diseases among the workers. In the priority occupations of the enterprises, medial and prophylactic measures are designed and implemented to prevent occupational and occupationally conditioned diseases, from medical examinations to rehabilitation in sanatoriums of the enterprises, with consideration of all financial sources.
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Industry , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Health/standards , Occupations , Risk Management/methods , Morbidity , Occupational Diseases/diagnosis , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Physical Examination , RussiaABSTRACT
Sverdlovsk regional government specified and approved a concept of diversified system "Occupational medicine" to preserve and improve health of workers in Sverdlovsk region. Implementation of the concept enables to put new organizational approaches into practice for improved management of available medical care for all workers, for increased quality of this care, for better clinical work and better health of economically active population in Sverdlovsk region.
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Models, Organizational , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Medicine/organization & administration , Program Evaluation , Risk Assessment/methods , Humans , Morbidity/trends , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Retrospective Studies , Siberia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
To improve availability of primary health care and to strengthen a preventive trend in public health, the authors propose a model for organizing medical aid within the concept of the occupational health system adopted by the Sverdlovsk Regional Government under No. 73-[Russian characters: see text] on February 2, 2004, which is being implemented at the municipal level, namely in the Berezovsky City District.
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Local Government , Models, Organizational , Occupational Health Services/organization & administration , Primary Health Care/organization & administration , Public Health Administration , Catchment Area, Health , Female , Humans , Longevity , Male , RussiaABSTRACT
The multidisciplinary harmonized "Occupational Medicine" system established in the Sverdlovsk Region makes it possible, firstly, to analyze and assess occupational risks at both the regional and municipal levels; secondly, at each of the above level, to take specific managerial decisions including the packages of organizational, informational, preventive, and other measures to minimize risks on the cost-benefit basis.
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Health Promotion , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Health Services/organization & administration , Risk Management , Catchment Area, Health , Humans , RussiaABSTRACT
The article covers main problems encountered during preliminary, periodic and additional medical examinations of workers exposed to hazardous and/or dangerous occupational environment. The authors suggested main approaches to the solutions.
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Hazardous Substances , Occupational Diseases/diagnosis , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Physical Examination/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Mass Screening/methods , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Periodicity , Risk Factors , RussiaABSTRACT
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.