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Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) — Research for Safe Work
Occupational disease surveillance acquires information about hazardous exposures, the occurrence of diseases and injuries, analyzes the information and disseminates and interprets it to those who need it in order to prevent disease and injury. A surveillance system should have the capability to investigate further and to intervene to prevent disease or injury. For more information on surveillance strategies, visit the NIOSH (www.cdc.gov) web site.
Data summaries from the network of sentinel medical providers and the Washington State workers' compensation system are presented. The summaries include information on occupations, causal agents, and types of industries associated with work-related dermatitis.
- Occupational skin diseases in Washington State, 1989-1993: Using workers' compensation data to identify cutaneous hazards. Kaufman, JD et al. Am J Public Health 1998; 88: 1047-1051. Analysis of population-based workers' compensation database that identified industries and hazards associated with skin disease. Please contact SHARP for a copy of this journal article.
- Summary of the Sentinel Medical Providers Network of the Sentinel Event Notification
System for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) Dermatitis Program
-- 64 physician providers were part of the program that reported work-related dermatoses
to the Washington SENSOR dermatitis program over a six-year period of time. The purpose
of the network was to obtain a more complete picture of work-related dermatoses that are
not necessarily reported to the workers' compensation system. The summary includes
information about the types of providers and categorization of the case reports. The case
report data includes the possible agent causing the dermatitis, occupation and type of industry
where the person worked. Data are summarized from April 1994-September 2000. The
Report 36-7-2001
(26 KB PDF) is available online. - Combined Workers' Compensation Claims for Work-Related Dermatitis and
Sentinel Provider Data Summaries.
Work-related skin disorders in Washington State, 1993-1997 report. Types
of occupational skin disorders using both databases from 1993-1997.
Information includes occupation, industry types and agents. The
Report 36-4-1998
(123 KB PDF) is available online. - SENSOR Dermatitis Project in Washington State, February 2000
-- newsletter to reporting providers with a summary of the data collected up to the
year 2000. The Report 36-6-2000
(113 KB PDF) is available online.
The reports were supported by Grant Number U60/CCU008154-08 Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Surveillance of Occupational Dermatologic Disorders from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. The contents of the reports are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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