Recognition of occupational diseases in switzerland: why have we fallen behind, and how can we improve the system to better protect workers?

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serval:BIB_60601DF00DAA
Type
Actes de conférence: ouvrage de compte-rendu (proceedings) ou édition spéciale d'un journal reconnu (conference proceedings) publié à l'occasion de conférences scientifiques.
Collection
Publications
Titre
Recognition of occupational diseases in switzerland: why have we fallen behind, and how can we improve the system to better protect workers?
Organisation
International congress of occupational health
Adresse
Route de la Corniche, 2
Date de publication
30/04/2018
Editeur⸱rice scientifique
Graczyk Halshka, Guseva Canu Irina
Volume
75
Numéro
S2
Série
Irina Guseva Canu
Langue
anglais
Notes
Occup Environ Med
Résumé
Occupational disease lists are essential legal mechanisms for recognizing pathologies related to hazardous workplace exposures.
In Switzerland, 1.1 million workers are affected by work-related
health problems annually. In terms of financial repercussions, the
situation is not negligible: the cost of occupational diseases
amounts to at least CHF 20 billion per year. However, there is
currently no centralized database on workers’ exposures to occupational hazards in Switzerland; nor a national register of
chronic effects due to occupational exposures. Moreover, Switzerland has made limited progress in its stategy for updating the
recognized occupational disease list. In October 2017, a revision
to the occupational disease list was proposed for the first time in
ten years, highlighting the urgent need to ameliorate the system
of occupational disease reporting and recognition in Switzerland.
This review will focus on the importance of occupational disease
lists towards occupational safety and health strategies and prevention efforts, while highlighting the unique case of Switzerland, with the aim to gather evidence and good practices
towards the improvement of its own occupational disease list.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-ICOHabstracts.1129
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