What is the difference between general health examination and occupational health examination?

With the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the requirements for quality of life, many people have requirements for physical examination, so now many units also organize employees to go to medical institutions or professional physical examination institutions for physical examination. In most cases, such physical examination belongs to general physical examination. Physical examination items are basically aimed at the overall health status of the body, and some are grouped by position, age and gender, and the items examined are not the same. It mainly includes internal medicine, surgery, ENT, urology, gynecology and other examination items, as well as blood routine and blood lipid testing items, which are usually aimed at providing health consultation, finding common diseases, implementing treatment at an early stage and ensuring the health of employees. This is a healthy behavior and should be widely advocated. Occupational health examination is different from general physical examination: ① Occupational health examination is a physical examination with legal effect, and the unit that carries out physical examination must be a medical institution approved by the health administrative department of the government, and the physical examination results issued by it bear corresponding legal responsibilities. (2) Occupational health examination is highly targeted. For example, pre-employment health examination is a professional taboo for harmful posts that workers are about to engage in. (3) Occupational health examination is very special. Different occupational hazards have different damage to health, each with its own characteristics, such as dust exposure, mainly respiratory system damage. Therefore, in addition to routine physical examination items, X-ray chest film and lung function examination must be done. ④ Occupational health examination has a strong policy. According to the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, the employer must provide the workers with occupational health examinations before, during and after taking up their posts, and truthfully inform the workers of the medical examination results, and at the same time bear the medical examination expenses. Its purpose is to master the health status of workers and distinguish the legal responsibility for health damage. Therefore, workers should choose occupational health examination when conducting physical examination against occupational hazards, which not only achieves the purpose of health examination, but also makes the results of physical examination legally effective and safeguards the right of "everyone enjoys occupational health". Keywords: China Safety Production News and China Safety Production Network manuscripts, without written authorization, may not be reproduced for use. Reprinted with written authorization, the source and author must be indicated.