Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
The Swedish Poisons Information Centre, Sweden.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2020 Mar;26(1):140-148. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2018.1550297. Epub 2019 Jan 25.
. This study aimed to investigate chemical injuries caused by cleaning agents and disinfectants by reviewing poison control data. . We performed a 5-year retrospective analysis of calls to the Swedish Poisons Information Centre (PIC) concerning occupational use of cleaning agents and disinfectants. In addition, callers for 17 new cases were interviewed. . Out of 8240 occupationally related cases handled by the PIC during 2010-2014, 24% concerned cleaning agents and disinfectants ( = 1983). Of these, one-third were classified as major risk cases, generally due to potential for corrosive eye and skin injuries. The most frequent type of workplace was restaurants and caterers. However, information about occupation was only identifiable for 30% of the cases. Follow-up interviews exemplify how limited awareness of safety data sheets and disregard of protective equipment may contribute to health-related outcomes such as absence at work. . Management and prevention strategies for cleaning agents should be improved. PIC records hold relevant information both for designing interventions and for future research on occupational health and safety management. We suggest that systematic collection by the PIC of information on occupation and age would further improve the usefulness for occupational injury surveillance purposes.
. 本研究旨在通过审查中毒控制数据来调查清洁剂和消毒剂造成的化学伤害。. 我们对瑞典中毒信息中心（PIC）在 2010-2014 年间接到的关于职业使用清洁剂和消毒剂的电话进行了为期 5 年的回顾性分析。此外，还对 17 例新病例的呼叫者进行了访谈。. 在 PIC 处理的 8240 例与职业相关的病例中，有 24%涉及清洁剂和消毒剂（=1983）。其中，三分之一被归类为重大风险病例，通常是由于腐蚀性眼部和皮肤损伤的潜在风险。最常见的工作场所是餐馆和餐饮服务商。然而，只有 30%的病例能够识别出有关职业的信息。随访访谈举例说明了对安全数据表的认识有限以及对防护设备的忽视如何导致与健康相关的后果，例如旷工。. 应改进清洁剂的管理和预防策略。PIC 记录包含了设计干预措施以及未来职业健康和安全管理研究的相关信息。我们建议，PIC 系统地收集有关职业和年龄的信息，将进一步提高职业伤害监测目的的有用性。
