FCM teachers participate in preparing a list of work-related illnesses

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An updated list of work-related illnesses was published on August 28th in the Official Gazette of the Union. This update comes 21 years after the first version, published in 1999. Unicamp had an important participation, through professors Sérgio de Lucca and Márcia Bandini, both specialists in occupational medicine and professors at the Department of Public Health at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM) at Unicamp.

“An updated list is the basis for improving notifications of work-related injuries and illnesses. This update is of interest to all health professionals, especially those who work in the field of Occupational Health”, says Bandini.

The main changes are:

The first version of the list included 182 diseases, and in the update, 347 diseases are now recognized as work-related. In Chapter I – Infectious and parasitic diseases, there were 32 diseases listed, and now, 71 diseases with a possible connection to work are now recognized.

In Chapter II, on neoplasms, in the first version there were 14, and now, 50 diseases are now recognized. In chapter V, work-related mental disorders, there were 11 diseases, and in the update 50 are now recognized with the establishment of a nexus with work.

“Covid-19 is present on the new list, which demonstrates the attention of the Unified Health System authorities with current issues that concern Public Health emergencies”, highlights the FCM occupational doctor.

Veja here the complete list with the new modifications.

Matter originally published on the FCM Unicamp website.

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