Exploring prevention opportunities for pipe organists The issue: HAVS is a common occupational disease associated with exposure to hand transmitted vibration. HAVS is common in mining, construction, forestry and manufacturing. Little is known about its psychological impact. Study objective: The obje
Exploring the psychological impact of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) The issue: HAVS is a common occupational disease associated with exposure to hand transmitted vibration. HAVS is common in mining, construction, forestry and manufacturing. Little is known about its psychological impact. Study
The issue: Nurse leaders in home care are a critical workplace support for the nurses and personal support workers who provide 97 per cent of publicly-funded home care in Ontario. The ways in which the pandemic affected the experiences and needs of these leaders has not been well described. Study ob
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
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 2024: 1600 people with work-related contact dermatitis Download pdf of patient snapshot or view graphic below.
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
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
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
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