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The concept of workplace health surveillance is new to occupational health and is frequently confused with medical screening. Health screening refers to the early detection and treatment of diseases associated with particular occupations, while workplace health surveillance refers to the removal of the causative factors. NIOSH defines occupational health surveillance as “the tracking of occupational injuries, illnesses, hazards, and exposures.”〔(NIOSH )〕 The Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health at its 12th Session in 1995 defined an occupational health surveillance system as “a system which includes a functional capacity for data collection, analysis and dissemination linked to occupational health programmes”.〔(CDC, MMWR report January 19, 2007 / 56(RR01);1-7 )〕 ==Indicators== The workgroup constituted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIOSH defined three indicators〔Neeraj Gupta (India),Paola (Chile) and Tunde, Maria (Chile)〕 of workplace health surveillance programme. # Availability of easily obtainable statewide data # Public health importance of the occupational health effect or exposure to be measured # Potential for intervention activities These indicators are useful in assessing the ongoing policies and preventive measures but they also have some limitations. Among the major limitations are the underreporting of occupational health disorders (very common in most of the undeveloped and developing countries), inability to diagnose the etiology by the occupational health care workers and availability of the data such as municipal death records. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Workplace health surveillance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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