Declaration of COVID-19 as an occupational disease in healthcare workers: Challenges and reality

Gil-Blanco, Laura; Martı́nez-Jarreta, Begoña

doi:10.1016/j.medcle.2021.07.002

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“…COVID-19, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, had devastating effects on people's health, the economy and our everyday live [33].…”

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COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome as an occupational disease

Doncheva - Dilova,

Boyadzhieva,

Kuneva

2024

RBJ

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An occupational disease is one that occurs exclusively or mainly under the influence of the harmful factors of the working environment and is included in the list of occupational diseases. Since the early stages of the pandemic, it has been proposed that COVID-19 be recognized as an occupational disease worldwide, but to date the situation varies from country to country. Even more serious turn out to be the complications of the disease (the so-called long COVID or post- COVID-19 syndrome (PCS). Patients may experience symptoms for up to 3 months or more after the onset of infection, which significantly reduces their ability to work and impairs their quality of life. To date, COVID-19 and long-term COVID-19 are not included in the lists of occupational diseases provided by international organizations (International Labor Organization, World Health Organization (WHO), European Union (EU)) and are not recognized as an occupational disease in Bulgaria and in most countries. This leads to a number of economic complications both for the patients (and their families), as well as for the employer and the state.

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“…COVID-19, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, had devastating effects on people's health, the economy and our everyday live [33].…”

Section: Importance Of Recognizing Covid-19 and Pcs As An Occupationa...mentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome as an occupational disease

Doncheva - Dilova,

Boyadzhieva,

Kuneva

2024

RBJ

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“…3 Particularly during the early stages of the pandemic, the transmission of the virus was not fully understood to implement effective organisational measures, availability of effective personal protective equipment (PPE) was scarce, testing, tracing and quarantining was limited, and there was no effective vaccine. [4][5][6] Certain economic sectors or occupations represented a higher risk of exposure or infection with SARS-CoV-2, especially those with close contact to diseased people in healthcare institutions or a high likelihood of close contact with infected coworkers or clients. 7 8 Due to the nature of their jobs, the so-called 'essential' workers, whose work was essential during lockdowns to ensure the continuity of critical functions, 9 were often not able to work from home, and they tended to work in sectors where frequent and sometimes close contacts with infectious people are part of their job.…”

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“…10 If workers get infected through their work, COVID-19 should be recognised as an occupational disease (OD) or occupational injury (OI) to compensate for the negative consequences. 6 Soon the first countries considered recognising COVID-19it as an OD or OI.…”

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Recognition of COVID-19 with occupational origin: a comparison between European countries

Nys,

Pauwels,

Ádám

et al. 2023

Occup Environ Med

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ObjectivesThis study aims to present an overview of the formal recognition of COVID-19 as occupational disease (OD) or injury (OI) across Europe.MethodsA COVID-19 questionnaire was designed by a task group within COST-funded OMEGA-NET and sent to occupational health experts of 37 countries in WHO European region, with a last update in April 2022.ResultsThe questionnaire was filled out by experts from 35 countries. There are large differences between national systems regarding the recognition of OD and OI: 40% of countries have a list system, 57% a mixed system and one country an open system. In most countries, COVID-19 can be recognised as an OD (57%). In four countries, COVID-19 can be recognised as OI (11%) and in seven countries as either OD or OI (20%). In two countries, there is no recognition possible to date. Thirty-two countries (91%) recognise COVID-19 as OD/OI among healthcare workers. Working in certain jobs is considered proof of occupational exposure in 25 countries, contact with a colleague with confirmed infection in 19 countries, and contact with clients with confirmed infection in 21 countries. In most countries (57%), a positive PCR test is considered proof of disease. The three most common compensation benefits for COVID-19 as OI/OD are disability pension, treatment and rehabilitation. Long COVID is included in 26 countries.ConclusionsCOVID-19 can be recognised as OD or OI in 94% of the European countries completing this survey, across different social security and embedded occupational health systems.

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Chinese pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and practice of self-protection against coronavirus disease 2019 during the post-pandemic period: A structural equation modeling-based survey

Yang

et al. 2023

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Declaration of COVID-19 as an occupational disease in healthcare workers: Challenges and reality

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COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome as an occupational disease

COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome as an occupational disease

Recognition of COVID-19 with occupational origin: a comparison between European countries

Chinese pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and practice of self-protection against coronavirus disease 2019 during the post-pandemic period: A structural equation modeling-based survey

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