August 30, 2024
The experience of nurses working in home and community care (HCC) during the COVID-19 pandemic is not well understood. Understanding these nurses’ experiences may be vital in creating more effective retention strategies in the HCC sector. Study objective: To describe how the COVID-19 pandemic
April 3, 2024
Background: Contact dermatitis is the most common occupational skin disease Construction workers are at high risk for occupational contact dermatitis (OCD), both irritant and allergic There may be varying exposures and causes of OCD in different occupations within the construction sector Objective:
February 6, 2024
February 2024: 1600 people with work-related contact dermatitis Download pdf of patient snapshot or view graphic below.
April 14, 2023
These research summaries, published by the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease between March and June 2023, look into the awareness of occupational disease, collection and use of occupational information in clinical settings, disease surveillance systems and workplace medical surve
January 14, 2020
Occupational skin diseases are one of the most common occupational diseases. Contact dermatitis is the most common occupational skin disease. The main types of contact dermatitis are irritant and allergic. In the diagnostic process, patch testing is often used to identify the causative allergen. Cli
October 7, 2019
The issue: The impact of hand-arm vibration syndrome on daily functioning and quality of life We know that workers exposed to hand-transmitted vibration can develop a chronic occupational disease termed hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). While our ability to diagnose HAVS has progressed well, littl
June 7, 2019
Work-related asthma (WRA) remains one of the most common occupational lung diseases, accounting for about 16 per cent of all adult-onset asthma. In some cases the onset is a new condition resulting from workplace exposures. In other cases, pre-existing asthma is worsened by these exposures. Cleaning
November 7, 2018
In 2016 the Ministry of Labour in Ontario recognized occupational disease as a priority for prevention. This decision resulted from years of research and knowledge generation along with the lobbying efforts of workers’ groups and occupational physicians and nurses in the province. Of specific conc
May 31, 2018
Preventing work-related skin disease: A qualitative study to identify characteristics of a desirable training program The Issue: Occupational skin disease (OSD) is one of the most common occupational diseases. Primary prevention is key to reducing exposures. Yet there is a gap in workplace training
February 7, 2018
Exposure to infectious bioaerosols in the workplace: understanding the risks to health care workers The issue: Talking and coughing during acute respiratory infections and health care procedures such as bronchoscopy can introduce infectious bioaerosols into the breathing space of others close by. Ae