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Sheryl Jackson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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  • 1616c integrated care for workers with occupational skin cancer in the german social Accident Insurance scheme rehabilitation with all appropriate means provided by the statutory social Accident Insurance in germany
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018
    Co-Authors: Bettina Lindemann
    Abstract:

    Introduction Skin cancer caused by exposure to certain harmful substances has been a part of the list of occupational diseases in Germany for some time. In 2015 certain types of skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma or multiple actinic keratosis of the skin caused by natural UV-irradiation) were added as a new occupational disease to the list of occupational diseases. These types of skin cancer are recognised as occupational disease if the insured person has been exposed to certain effective doses of sunlight at his or her workplace. There is a rising number of such cases reported to the statutory social Accident Insurance and its institutions which are the entities in charge of prevention, rehabilitation and compensation of occupational diseases in accordance with the German social security system. The institutions for statutory social Accident Insurance have developed concepts to handle the growing numbers of these cases. Methods Based on research and the discussion with medical experts, standards for the procedure, for the medical treatment, the rehabilitation of workers affected by occupational skin cancer and the prevention of occupational skin cancer have been established. Concepts for follow-up care have been developed and new methods of therapy have been admitted for the medical treatment of patients suffering from occupational skin cancer. Results The statutory social Accident Insurance has established measures to provide effective methods of rehabilitation for the patients concerned in accordance with the basic principle governing this social security scheme in Germany – acting ‘with all appropriate means’. Discussion Apart from providing effective help for the workers affected a major aim for the institutions of statutory Accident Insurance is the prevention of occupational skin cancer caused by exposure to natural UV-irradiation. The institutions of statutory social Accident Insurance will continue their efforts to reduce the risk for workers of contracting skin cancer caused by exposure to natural UV-irradiation at the workplace.

Anja Schablon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • tuberculosis among health workers a secondary data analysis of german social Accident Insurance data from 2002 2017
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
    Co-Authors: Jan Felix Kersten, Albert Nienhaus, Stephanie Schneider, Anja Schablon
    Abstract:

    Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of fatal infections worldwide. Recent TB figures in Europe indicate that 30 people were infected with tuberculosis each hour in 2017. Healthcare workers are at particular risk of being infected through patient contact. TB is the second most common occupational infectious disease among German healthcare workers. Routine data from the German Social Accident Insurance were used to examine trends in occupational TB diseases. We analyzed annual cross-sectional data for the years 2002 to 2017. The data underwent descriptive analysis. A total of 4653 TB cases were recognized as occupational diseases (OD) in the period under study. In 2002, 60 TB cases were recognized as OD No. 3101, i.e., transmissions from person to person. Since 2013, the level has settled at around 500 recognized cases per year. This is around eight times the number of cases compared to 2002. The following three groups collectively accounted for the largest share of TB cases (88.5%): nurses (including geriatric nurses), other healthcare employees, and physicians. The upward trend in the number of TB cases recognized as occupational diseases is probably due to improvements in diagnostic tests used to diagnose TB infections. TB in health and welfare workers remains an important issue in the health and welfare sector in Germany, partly due to the long latency period between potential exposure to infectious patients or materials and the recognition of the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) or active TB as OD.

Urs Brugger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.