The article reflects the problems of preliminary and periodic medical examinations of workers in harmful
working conditions. The historical aspects of the formation of the domestic regulatory framework in the
field of preliminary and periodic medical examinations as well as activities aimed at improving the quality
of medical examinations are described.
The article is devoted to the actual problem - dust diseases of the lungs. The peculiarities of occurrence and course of pulmonary lesions that have a significant place in the overall structure of occupational morbidity are considered. Modern approaches to treatment, diagnostics and prevention issues in pneumoconiosis are discussed.
Aims - to analyze the historical aspects of the formation of the national normative framework in the field of primary and periodic medical examinations, to discuss the existing problems in the carrying out of primary and periodic medical examinations of workers and also to make suggestions for quality improvement of primary and periodic medical examinations and for introduction of occupational risk assessment into the practice of primary and periodic medical examinations. Conclusion. For quality improvement of primary and periodic medical examinations, for efficiency improvement of primary and secondary prevention of occupational diseases it is considered to be necessary to take the following suggestions: - fuller coverage of working people by periodic medical examinations; - thorough selection of organizations that perform the special assessment of working conditions; - the use of the results of the special assessment of working conditions for improving working conditions and informing workers about working conditions; - implementation of occupational risk assessment into practice of primary and periodic medical examinations; - the use of modern methods of molecular and genetic screening;
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