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Elisabetta Chellini1, Giuseppe Lippi, Gianluca Festa

  • 1Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica (ISPO), Firenze. e.chellini@ispo.toscana.it.

La Medicina Del Lavoro
|February 23, 2019
PubMed
Summary

A health surveillance program in Tuscany identified 5,446 workers with past asbestos exposure. This initiative aims to track and manage potential health risks for these individuals.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Environmental Medicine
  • Public Health Surveillance

Background:

  • Tuscany Region established a health surveillance program in 2016 for workers with past asbestos exposure.
  • The program involves local basic health evaluations and centralized in-depth case evaluations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To estimate the number of workers with past asbestos exposure in Tuscan industrial settings.
  • To identify eligible workers for the health surveillance program.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized records from 15,441 workers in thirteen Tuscan asbestos industrial plants.
  • Integrated data from Local Health Administrations (USLs), ISPRO, INPS, and INAIL.
  • Estimated annual medical examinations based on adhesion rates from previous programs.

Main Results:

  • Estimated 5,446 workers eligible for the asbestos exposure health surveillance program.
  • Projected 7,275 and 7,155 health examinations for 2016-24 (phases 1 and 2).
  • Identified 4,713 workers from local databases across 129 asbestos-using plants; 1,395 from prior surveillance.

Conclusions:

  • Multi-source data and inter-service cooperation successfully identified a significant proportion of former asbestos workers and plants.
  • Further efforts are needed to finalize the list of eligible workers and enhance program awareness for increased participation.

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