摘要:

Two hundred consecutive new employees were given a comprehensive preplacement health evaluation and another 200 were given a minimal evaluation. The status of the groups was evaluated in a retrospective chart review 2 to 4 years after hire and the longevity of employment, reason for termination, workers' compensation claims experience, and utilization of health care resources were evaluated. There was no significant difference between the two groups. Comprehensive preplacement evaluation for medical center employees is not a cost-effective activity.

ISSN:0096-1736    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Spirometric findings (forced vital capacity [FVC], forced expiratory volume at one second [FEV1], FEV1/FVC) in a population of capacitor workers with occupational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are described during active PCB use (1976) and following the PCB ban (1979 and 1983). The initial finding of restrictive impairment (16%) in 1976 was not supported by chest roentgenogram findings, nor confirmed in 1979 and 1983, and was interpreted as artifactual due to test operator inexperience and inadequate expiratory efforts. Obstructive impairment was consistently found in 15% of the total population in 1976 and 1979. A history of respiratory illness and/or symptomatology and reduced FEV1/FVC was correlated with PCB exposure and serum PCB levels (lower homologs) in females in 1976, but not in males. Smoking was correlated with reduced FEV1values. No correlation of spirometric variables with past exposure or serum PCB levels was found for either sex in 1979.

ISSN:0096-1736    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) was administered, on a volunteer basis, to workers frequenting the cafeteria of the corporate offices of a major chemical manufacturing company to (1) establish the level of acceptance of self-administered olfactory testing within such a setting, (2) determine the percentage of the sample that reported or evidenced marked olfactory impairment, and (3) develop guidelines for the use of the UPSIT as a corporate medical surveillance tool. The initial acceptance of the testing program was high. Thus, 640 of the cafeteria visitors agreed to take the test (total work force in building <1,000). However, only 52% of the tests handed out were completed by the employees and returned to the test examiners, possibly reflecting the informal atmosphere in which they were distributed. Of the group returning the tests, seven employees reported having smell problems due to allergies or sinus disease. However, all of these employees had normal UPSIT scores. Three subjects (1% of the sample) evidenced marked olfactory dysfunction. Of these three, only one was aware of the problem before testing. On average, the corporate subjects significantly outperformed matched control subjects obtained from previous administrations of the UPSIT at health fairs and other public events, although the difference was less than half a point (37.89 v 37.53; P < .004). As in previous studies, the test scores of women were slightly, but significantly, higher than those of men (respective means = 37.98 v 37.80, P < .04).

ISSN:0096-1736    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0096-1736    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1986

数据来源: OVID