Bresnitz E A
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
J Occup Med. 1990 Mar;32(3):255-9. doi: 10.1097/00043764-199003000-00014.
Each year, poison control centers (PCCs) receive more than 25,000 calls related to workplace exposures to hazardous substances. Recent studies indicate that each caller may be a sentinel contact representing other exposed or ill workers. Although PCCs traditionally focus their follow-up efforts on the treatment of the index case alone, with minimal attention to the public health implications of other exposed or ill workers, PCCs could serve as a national surveillance system for occupational illnesses, a system with both passive and active attributes.
每年，中毒控制中心（PCCs）都会接到超过25000个与工作场所接触有害物质有关的电话。最近的研究表明，每个来电者可能是代表其他接触有害物质或患病工人的哨兵接触者。尽管中毒控制中心传统上仅将后续工作重点放在对索引病例的治疗上，而很少关注其他接触有害物质或患病工人对公共卫生的影响，但中毒控制中心可以作为一个国家职业疾病监测系统，一个兼具被动和主动属性的系统。
