Covid-19: statutory means of scrutinizing workers ’ deaths and disease
ConclusionsCurrent HSE guidance for reporting work-related covid-19 may miss many thousands of cases and needs further iteration. Coroners have very limited experience of inquiry into occupational disease caused by biological agents compared with the HSE. Concerns regarding national policy such as on protective equipment warrant a full public inquiry. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 21, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Call For Papers: Shift work, sleep and fatigue
The effects of shift work on physical and mental health and wellbeing are not entirely well understood. Some of the effects are linked to sleep and fatigue. Shift work, sleep and fatigue – both in combination and separately - are areas ripe for research. The effect of sleep on health and wellbeing and the impact on work is still a rapidly developing area. We would therefore like to invite authors to submit papers for a special themed issue on shift work, sleep and fatigue. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 17, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Against COVID-19: Inspired by Greek Myth
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Source: Occupational Medicine - September 14, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Physician Deaths in India During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Source: Occupational Medicine - September 14, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Disease and death from work: RIDDOR and covid-19
A second technical summary by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports 8666 covid-19 notifications (including 125 deaths) in Great Britain where occupational exposure was suspected as the cause during the pandemic up to 8 August 2020 [1]. These notifications arise out of the statutory duty of employers (usually acting on a medical diagnosis) to notify such cases to the HSE (or local authorities) as specified in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (2013) (RIDDOR). The HSE has a legal mandate to collect the information and to investigate these reports in respect of biological agents...
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 14, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Update on Covid-age
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Source: Occupational Medicine - September 14, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
What does climate change mean for occupational health professionals?
Climate change is the most important issue of our time. Thirty years of research, review and consensus from the United Nations ’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has led to alarming conclusions about how anthropogenic climate change is already affecting communities, ecosystems and biodiversity around the world. These findings and extrapolations are based on an assessment of around 6000 peer-reviewed publications and suggest that unless the global population can effect a carbon-neutral way of life in the near future, continued species loss is inevitable, along with global heating, degradation of human quality of ...
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Is carpal tunnel syndrome caused by work with vibrating tools?
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Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
In This Issue of Occupational Medicine
I am writing this during a quiet moment in my office in an NHS Trust in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It strikes me that I have not written anything that is not COVID-related for months. I had almost forgotten that other occupational illnesses still exist, so this is a welcome distraction. On the one hand, workload has increased dramatically. On the other hand people who had no idea who I was or what I did 3 months ago, now consider me vital to the safe running of the Trust. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Why are Cases of Occupational Asthma on the Rise??
Occupational asthma is estimated to be the cause of around one in six of all new cases of adult asthma diagnosed in the UK. After years of a declining number of reported cases, recent years have seen a rise in the numbers of diagnosed cases but why is this happening? (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Managing the Menopause
The menopause is a natural part of female ageing when menstruation stops. It usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age with an average age of 51, although it can occur earlier either due to genetic influences, chemotherapy or surgery. Symptoms include tiredness, hot flushes, poor concentration and impaired memory which can be present for 4 –8 years. Evidence indicates that ~20–25% of women experience hot flushes which adversely affect their perceived quality of life including work. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Reply
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Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Chronic embitterment – its management in Occupational Health
Embitterment is an emotion usually generated by a perceived sense of injustice, characterized by blame attributed to the assumed perpetrator(s) of the injustice, and a determination to seek redress. In chronic form, it is commonly encountered in occupational health settings and among employment lawyers but is widespread. Chronic embitterment was initially reported as post-traumatic embitterment disorder [1]. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
Webinars
As part of The Society of Occupational Medicine ’s (SOM) education and training offer to its members, SOM hosts webinars throughout the year on topics of interest with subject experts to occupational health (OH) professionals. SOM webinars are web-based, using the internet to connect individuals hosting the webinar to an audience of viewers and listeners from all over the world. Hosts can show slides and even invite guests from other locations to co-host the webinar with them. The SOM webinar platform offers interactive features that the audience can use to chat with the host—normally there is a Q&A session at the ...
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention
Edited by MacEachenEllen. Published by Routledge, Abingdon, UK, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-138-33531-8. Price: £32 (paperback edition). 452 pp. (Source: Occupational Medicine)
Source: Occupational Medicine - September 9, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
