NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:

Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance

What is Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance?

Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance

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WORK-RELATED ASTHMA

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Occupational respiratory disease surveillance is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of health and hazard data to monitor the extent and severity of occupationally-related lung disease and related workplace exposures for use in public health education and in disease prevention.

This NIOSH Topic also includes information about occupational respiratory disease medical screening and monitoring - the systematic evaluation of exposed workers to detect potential health problems at an early stage and to facilitate action to prevent the development or progression of occupationally-related respiratory disease.

Index National Statistics: Surveillance information from various national and state sources on the occurrence of occupational respiratory diseases and selected workplace exposures, including morbidity, mortality, and hazard surveillance data.
	Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance Report 2002 The latest edition of a series of compendiums of statistics, charts, and maps on various occupationally-related respiratory diseases, including data on mortality, morbidity, and associated workplace exposures.
	National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System (NORMS): An interactive query system designed to generate statistics, charts, and maps relating to mortality from occupationally-related lung diseases.
State-Based Surveillance: Information on state-based surveillance of occupational respiratory disease, including asthma and silicosis through the Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) program, and additional links to other on-going state-based activities.
Worker Medical Monitoring: Information providing technical assistance and recommendations for worker medical monitoring for occupational respiratory diseases, including the NIOSH programs for certification classes.
	NIOSH B Reader Program: NIOSH B Reader approval is granted to physicians who demonstrate proficiency in the classification of chest x-rays for the pneumoconioses.
Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program: Information on the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP), a federally mandated medical monitoring program for underground coal miners.
Related NIOSH Products: Links to NIOSH publications, web pages, and other NIOSH products dealing with occupational respiratory diseases.
Other Related Resources: Links to other information of relevance on occupational respiratory disease and hazard surveillance.

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Surveillance Branch Division of Respiratory Disease Studies NIOSH 1095 Willowdale Road Morgantown, WV 26505 WoRLD@CDC.gov	To receive email notification of updates to the Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance information in these web pages, email us at WoRLD@CDC.gov. In the subject line, type "ORDS updates," and in the body of the email include all contact information.

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