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The Examination of Peroxidase-Positive Leukocytes in Semen
Published on: January 19, 2024
[Health surveillance of seamen between the new and the old]
1Unità Operativa Prevenzione e Sicurezza negli Ambienti di Lavoro, ASL n. 3, Genova.
Abstract:
The law D.Lgs. 271/99 has introduced, also for the seafarers, previewed principles and contents of sanitary surveillance, in use for workers in the other manufacturing fields. It is taking shape, moreover, the anomalous situation of permanence of the sanitary assessments done by the peripheral Services of the Ministry of Health according to the R.D. n.1773/1933 and following modifications. Below it is described the result of an evaluation of the way of application of the sanitary checks protocols by the following Services of the Ministry of Health: the Offices of Marine Health and the Sanitary Servicings to Seafarers (SASN) operating at Genoa. In the conclusions, the actions, already possible, are detected in order to rationalize the seafarers's sanitary surveillance activities.
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