Bråtveit M, McCormack D, Moen B E
University of Bergen, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Occupational Medicine, Ulriksdal 8c, N-5009 Bergen, Norway.
Occup Med (Lond). 2001 May;51(3):168-73. doi: 10.1093/occmed/51.3.168.
The management of the European division of a multinational company was aware of possible differences in the occupational health services (OHS) at their different locations. The objective of this study was to carry out a baseline assessment of these OHS. Structured interviews with representatives of the OHS were conducted at 20 locations in 11 countries. The OHS Recommendation from the International Labour Organization (ILO) was used as a standard for the organization and functions of the OHS. Considerable differences in the activity profiles of the OHS were detected. The inter-enterprise, multidisciplinary OHS spent most of their time on surveillance of workers' health in relation to work and on preventive activities in the working environment. Little time was spent on curative services for individual workers. OHS made up of individual physicians and nurses generally spent much of their time on treatment of occupational and non-occupational diseases. This study has clarified the status of the OHS providers and the potential for improvements in order to meet the needs of the company's locations and to comply more closely with the ILO recommendation.
一家跨国公司欧洲分部的管理层意识到其不同地点的职业健康服务（OHS）可能存在差异。本研究的目的是对这些职业健康服务进行基线评估。在11个国家的20个地点与职业健康服务的代表进行了结构化访谈。国际劳工组织（ILO）的职业健康服务建议被用作职业健康服务组织和职能的标准。研究发现职业健康服务的活动概况存在相当大的差异。企业间的多学科职业健康服务将大部分时间用于监测工人与工作相关的健康状况以及工作环境中的预防活动。用于个体工人治疗服务的时间很少。由个体医生和护士组成的职业健康服务通常将大部分时间用于治疗职业和非职业疾病。本研究阐明了职业健康服务提供者的现状以及改进的潜力，以满足公司各地点的需求并更紧密地符合国际劳工组织的建议。
