What does occupational health monitoring include?

In order to standardize the work of occupational health monitoring, strengthen the management of occupational health monitoring, and protect the health of workers, the Ministry of Health has formulated the Measures for the Administration of Occupational Health Monitoring according to the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases. The measures stipulate that occupational health surveillance mainly includes occupational health examination and occupational health surveillance file management. Occupational health examination includes health examination before, during, after and in emergency.

The employing unit shall establish and improve the occupational health monitoring system to ensure the implementation of occupational health monitoring. The employing unit shall organize workers engaged in operations exposed to occupational hazards to carry out occupational health examination. Workers receiving occupational health examination should be regarded as normal attendance.

Occupational health examination shall be undertaken by the medical and health institutions approved by the provincial health administrative department to engage in occupational health examination. The results of occupational health examination shall be objective and true, and the physical examination institution shall be responsible for the results of health examination.