Fitness for work during the COVID-19 disease: principles and suggested assistive tool for protecting workers during the pandemic era.
Clinical guidelines
Health risk assessment
Occupational exposure
Occupational groups (workers, healthcare workers)
Occupational medicine (occupational health practice, exposure assessment, risk assessment)
Journal
International archives of occupational and environmental health
ISSN: 1432-1246
Titre abrégé: Int Arch Occup Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 7512134
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
04
07
2020
accepted:
05
01
2021
pubmed:
3
6
2021
medline:
28
7
2021
entrez:
2
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Amongst the many intricacies engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic was the posed risk of exposure to SARS-COV2 infections among workers and the need to evaluate fitness for work (FFW) of individuals in high exposure groups or those with background morbidity. A designated task force of the Israeli Association of Occupational Medicine has evaluated the relevant literature and published guidelines concerning medical work restrictions for employees in high-risk occupations during the epidemic of novel COVID-19. The study depicts a case series of 17 FFW evaluations performed in Maccabi Health Services occupational clinics using the guidelines formulated by the Israeli Occupational Medicine Association. 17 patients, mainly healthcare workers, whose major health hazards were immunodeficiency, respiratory diseases and pregnancy, were assessed in this case series. We present the essential parameters of these FFW evaluations and discuss decision-making in selected cases. Applying guidelines in various work settings and health risk levels during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic allows for both patients' health preservation and efficient workforce deployment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34075453
doi: 10.1007/s00420-021-01722-x
pii: 10.1007/s00420-021-01722-x
pmc: PMC8169386
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1233-1238Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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