Health Surveilance
Health Surveillance has been replace by the name Health Monitoring in the new legislation, and its general objectives are:
- To detect changes before clinical disease becomes apparent, in order to remove workers from further exposure.
- To detect overt disorders early enough to treat them with an improved likelihood of complete recovery
- To identify new or previously unsuspected health problems
- To confirm the absence of health problems as a check to ensure the efficacy of control measures.
TROPOCC can advise management in:
- Statutory health surveillance - the legal requirement to screen workers exposed to specific hazards.
- Continuing health surveillance eg. Hearing tests, respiratory assessment and lead levels.
- Suggesting precautions to reduce the risks.
- Health education- any requirement to educate the workforce in preserving their well being.
- Intervention programs eg. Exercise programs and stress management.
TropOcc ( Dr Gongora Dr Forster) has been approved by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland to conduct health surveillance for the following chemicals.
- Acrylonitrile
- Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Benzene
- Cadmium
- Chromium
- Creosote
- Fluoride
- Isocyanates
- Lead
- Mercury
- Methyl bromide
- MOCA
- Organophosphate pesticides
- Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
- Silica
- Thallium
- Vinyl chloride
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