Introduction. Studies of the impact of chemicals on the health of employees of chemical industry enterprises based on biomonitoring are an urgent medical and social problem. The article is devoted to the substantiation of the algorithm for examining personnel at chemically hazardous facilities to identify high-risk groups due to the effects of industrial poisons.
Material and methods. The article presents an analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature devoted to the problems of identifying high-risk groups among workers in chemical enterprises based on biomonitoring methods.
Results. Identification of high-chemical risk groups among chemically hazardous facilities employees involves the following steps: assessment of the level of external chemical exposure, identification of priority pollutants, substantiation of the most informative bioenvironments and the time of analysis, determination of exposure/effect biomarkers, and clinical examination of personnel.
Limitations. The proposed algorithm for identifying high-risk groups applies only to persons who are professionally in contact with hazardous chemicals.
Discussion. The article presents an analysis of the scientific literature on the problem of identifying high-risk groups based on biomonitoring.
Conclusion. In order to identify high-risk groups among the personnel of chemical enterprises, it is necessary to introduce the proposed algorithm and develop quantitative criteria for biomonitoring – biological maximum permissible concentrations (BEI) or biological exposure indices into the practice of toxicological and hygienic assessment of the health of workers.