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NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MORBIDITY DUE TO EXPOSURE TO RESPIRATORY AND SKIN SENSITIZERS AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. Dr. Adriana Todea, dr. Aurelia Ferencz Institute of Public Health Bucureşti , Occupational Health Department. Details regarding the content and significance of the study.
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NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MORBIDITY DUE TO EXPOSURE TO RESPIRATORY AND SKIN SENSITIZERS AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS • Dr. Adriana Todea, dr. Aurelia Ferencz • Institute of Public Health Bucureşti, Occupational Health Department
Details regarding the content and significance of the study • How Romania stands from the point of view of Europe’s activities to point out these risks? • How big is the impact upon exposed? • What’s the ratio of these diseases on national morbidity frame?
The evolution of occupational diseases’ incidence between 1993 and 2002
Number of occupational diseases by entities - 2002 • Occupational noise-induced hearing loss 890 • Poisoning 441 • Silicosis 411 • Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis 215 • Infectious and parasitic diseases 212 • Vibration induced diseases 65 • Skin diseases 64 • Chronic bronchitis 61 • Repetitive trauma 60 • Eye diseases 22 • Azbestosis 6 • Occupational neoplasms 6
Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitismost exposed occupations (2002)
Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitismost frequent causes (2002)
Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitisno. of new cases (1992-2002)
Skin diseases most frequent cases - 2002
Occupational diseases due to biological agentsby county - 2002
Occupational diseases due to biological agentsmost exposed occupations - 2002
Occupational diseases due to biological agents most frequent causes - 2002
Occupational diseases due to biological agentsno. new cases (1992-2002)
Important! • Occupational health and safety of the employees exposed to dangerous substances is the main duty of occupational physician • To fulfill this goal it’s important to set as purpose: • OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES = O • This is not only occupational physician’s burden, but also for the: • employer • occupational safety engineer • each employee.