Occupational health monitoring aims at prevention.
Definition of occupational health monitoring:
Occupational health monitoring aims at prevention. By collecting, sorting out, analyzing and evaluating relevant medical examinations and health data, we can grasp the health status in time and understand the distribution and development trend of diseases, so as to find signs of health damage at an early stage and take preventive and control measures as soon as possible, so as to protect the target population and promote health. Belonging to secondary prevention of occupational diseases.
At the same time, occupational health monitoring is also one of the main responsibilities entrusted to employers by the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, which is an important guarantee for realizing the workers' right to health, a prerequisite for implementing the occupational disease diagnosis and appraisal system, and the foundation of the social security system. It is conducive to safeguarding the health rights and interests of workers, reducing the health damage of workers and economic losses of enterprises and reducing the social burden.
The purpose of occupational health monitoring:
1, early detection of occupational diseases, occupational health damage and occupational contraindications;
2. Follow up and observe the occurrence, development and distribution of occupational diseases and occupational health damage;
3. Evaluate the relationship between occupational health damage and occupational hazard factors in the working environment and the degree of harm;
4. Identify new occupational hazard factors and high-risk groups;
5. Carry out targeted interventions, including improving the working environment, reforming production technology, adopting effective occupational disease protection facilities and personal protective equipment, and handling and resettling occupational disease patients and people suspected of occupational diseases and occupational taboos;
6. Evaluate the effect of prevention and intervention measures;
7. Formulate and revise health policies and countermeasures for prevention and treatment of occupational diseases.
What employers need to do:
Therefore, the employing unit must, in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, timely arrange for the newly hired workers (including those who have been transferred) who intend to engage in occupational hazards and those who intend to engage in operations with special health requirements to undergo occupational health examination before taking up their posts; According to the occupational hazard factors that workers are exposed to, regularly arrange occupational health examinations for workers during their employment;
In case of special circumstances, relevant staff should be organized to conduct emergency occupational health examination immediately; The employing unit shall organize the workers to undergo occupational health examination when they leave their posts within 30 days before leaving their posts. At the same time, the employer shall also establish occupational health monitoring files for individual workers and keep them properly in accordance with relevant regulations.