Welcome to the Health Surveillance Page
Health Surveillance in OH is the cornerstone of what OH Nurses do on a day to day basis. This will either involve completing the surveillance, interpreting the results or writing reports back to manager and Employers. On these pages we will bring together resources from a wide range of sources to assist in this important process.
An Australian Perspective but still pertinent for us here in the UK.
HSE Guidance Documents links for Health Surveillance
HSE Health Surveillance Basics https://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/healthsurveillance.htm
Latest Covid – 19 Advice for Health Surveillance https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/health-surveillance.htm
Audiometry https://www.hse.gov.uk/healthsurveillance.htm
Spirometry for Welders https://www.hse.gov.uk/welding/protect-your-workers/health-surveillance.htm
HAVS https://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/advicetoemployers/healthsurveillance.htm
Control of Lead at Work https://www.hse.gov.uk/lead/surveillance.htm
Links for Articles – Health Screening
Articles for Health Screening can be found here from a variety of different sources. Links are to articles and journals that we have found to be of benefit to the OH & Wellbeing community.
- Occupational Health Surveillance: A Means to Identify Work-Related Risks
JOHN R. FROINES, PHD, CORNELIA A. DELLENBAUGH, MPH, AND DAVID H. WEGMAN, MD https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.76.9.1089
- Hobson, J. Smedley, J. (Eds) (2019) Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects Ch 6 Health Screening in Occupational Health . (Koh. D, Aw. TC). Oxford: Oxford University Press https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YRGTDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA121&&pg=PA121
Respiratory Health and Surveillance
- Seed MJ, Carder M, Gittins M, et al (2019) Emerging trends in the UK incidence of occupational asthma: should we be worried?Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2019;76:396-397.
Abstract
While 15% of adult-onset asthma is estimated to have an occupational cause, there has been evidence of a downward trend in occupational asthma incidence in several European countries since the start of this millennium. However, recent data from The Health and Occupation Reporting network in the UK have suggested a possible reversal of this downward trend since 2014. We present these data and discuss possible explanations for this observed change in incidence trend. A high index of suspicion of occupational causation in new-onset asthma cases continues to be important, whether or not the recently observed increase in occupational asthma incidence in the UK is real or artefactual.
A really interesting read!
- Time trends in the incidence of work-related ill-health
in the UK, 1996-2018: estimation from THOR
surveillance data
Report to the UK Health and Safety Executive
Money A, Carder M, Barradas A, Gittins M, Seed M, van Tongeren M.
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Centre for Epidemiology, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, the University of Manchester
http://www.coeh.man.ac.uk/thor
31st August 2019
- Occupational Health Challenges for Immigrant Workers
Includes section on Health Surveillance for Migrant Workers
Spirometry / Respiratory – Video Links
A message from our sponsors, Vitalograph.
Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation Clearly Explained
COPD Clearly Explained
Asthma Clearly Explained
Understanding Spirometry – Normal, Obstructive vs Restrictive
Audiometry/Hearing Health - Video Links
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Adult Hearing Test - University of Canterbury (Including Tymapometry)
Otoscopy - Ear Examination
Acute Otitis Media - Otoscopic Findings
Control of Lead at Work - Video Links
Lead Exposure Risks in the Workplace
Lead Poisoning Lecture
Lead Exposures in the Workplace
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome - Video Links
Toolbox Talk - Hand Arm Vibration
Neil Loach
Our Subject Matter Lead here is Neil Loach, BSc (Hons) SPOHN SCPHN (OH), RGN, EN(G). Neil is our current VP. He is also Pathway Lead in Occupational Health for the SCPHN OH Course at University of Derby. Neil is a Full Time Senior Lecturer based at Derby. He has over 25 years of experience in OH and has been employed in Industry and conducted Health Surveillance over many years.
