Workers' health surveillance

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Annex I
Workers’ health surveillance (adapted from the ILO Technical
and ethical guidelines for workers’ health surveillance, 1998)
1. General principles
1.1. Competent authorities should ensure that laws and regu-
lations governing workers’ health surveillance are properly applied.
1.2. Workers’ health surveillance should be carried out in
consultation with workers and/or their representatives:
(a) with the central purpose of primary prevention of occupa-
tional and work-related injuries and diseases;
(b) under controlled conditions and within an organized frame-
work, as may be prescribed by national laws and regulations
and in accordance with the Occupational Health Services
Convention, 1985 (No. 161), and Recommendation, 1985
(No. 171), and the ILO Technical and ethical guidelines for
workers’ health surveillance, Occupational Safety and Health
Series, No. 72 (Geneva, 1998).
2. Organization
2.1. The organization of workers’ health surveillance at differ-
ent levels (national, industry, enterprise) should take into account:
(a) the need for a thorough investigation of all work-related fac-
tors and the nature of occupational hazards and risks in the
workplace which may affect workers’ health;
(b) the health requirements of the work and the health status of
the working population;
(c) the relevant laws and regulations and the available resources;
(d) the awareness of workers and employers of the functions and
purposes of such surveillance;
(e) the fact that surveillance is not a substitute for monitoring and
control of the working environment.

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