Archive
January 21st
Occupational diseases in Figures 2009: many complaints of knee and hip
by Editorial Committee | January 21, 2010 - 08:36
Musculoskeletal diseases are on top of the ranking of occupational diseases in 2008 to 42%. They are followed by noise induced hearing loss (34%) and mental disorders (17%). This is reflected in the report occupational diseases in figures 2009 of the NCvB.
December 2nd, 2009
Signals of new occupational health risks : an impetus for health and safety vigilance
by Editorial Committee | December 2, 2009 - 12:49Theme publication: Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases, 2009, Authors: G van der Laan, D Spreeuwers, H van der Molen, T Pal, A Lenderink.
Preconceptual care should include looking at the effect of working conditions on pregnancy
by Editorial Committee | December 2, 2009 - 12:28Authors: Brand T, Ruiz van Haperen VWT, Vliet-Lachotzki EH van, Steegers EAP. Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 2009; 153: A363.
Working conditions are amongst the exogenous factors that can lead to pregnancy complications.
November 1st
Treatment of CTE patients
by Editorial Committee | November 1, 2009 - 12:31The recently published thesis Strangled by solvents?”, psychological diagnosis and treatment of Chronic Toxic Encephalopathy (Organic Psycho Syndrome) by Moniek van Hout goes into the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic toxic encephalopathy (CTE) as it is performed by the Solvent Teams in Amsterdam and Enschede.
Criteria on nonspecific low-back pain published
by Editorial Committee | November 1, 2009 - 11:36
The criteria support professionals in the field of occupational medicine in the assessment of the contribution of work-related risk factors to the occurrence of nonspecific low-back pain in individual workers.
Criteria for determining the workrelatedness of nonspecific low-back pain (PDF)
October 31st
OSH vigilance
by Editorial Committee | October 31, 2009 - 20:13Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) vigilance, being alert to new risks by work is a continuation of the Heijermans Lecture on December 14, 2007 on the same topic. Continuous changes in work and working conditions can induce new occupational health risks and possible new occupational diseases.
October 28th
NVAB Guideline 'Influenza pandemic: preventing infection among workers'
by Editorial Committee | October 28, 2009 - 12:18From today, the revised Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine (NVAB) Guideline 'Influenza pandemic: preventing infection among workers' can be viewed at nvab-online.nl. The Guideline includes recommendations for occupational physicians with regard to the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic.
October 26th
ZwangerWijzer expanded with risks at work
by Editorial Committee | October 26, 2009 - 09:12
Working conditions can sometimes reduce fertility or be harmful to pregnancy and the unborn child. From 3 November, people with a desire to have children can easily check whether they are exposed to any conditions at work that may interfere with a healthy pregnancy. This can be done using the preconception indicator at www.zwangerwijzer.nl (dutch site).
July 16th
EU guide for diagnosing occupational diseases?
by Editorial Committee | July 16, 2009 - 09:08An EU document has been published as a supplement to the European List of Occupational Diseases. A brief description of each occupational disease is provided, including a description of the clinical picture, medical criteria and exposure criteria needed to reach a diagnosis. Gert van der Laan and Teake Pal of the Netherlands Centre for Occupational Diseases (NCvB) were closely involved in drawing up the document.
July 1st
Alert report 2007 published
by Editorial Committee | July 1, 2009 - 20:15
Like each year the alert report aims to provide an overview of the occurence and distribution of occupational disease in sectors and occupations. Trends are highlighted and the alert report also serves as an early warning.
