Occupational fatality by pesticide exposure as a sentinel event: when a little means a lot
This paper proposes a new surveillance and data collection model for pesticide poisoning, based on the descriptive analysis of deaths due to occupation-related pesticide exposure as registered in the Mortality Information System (SIM). These deaths are considered sentinel events based on their unexp...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) |
| Repositorio: | Vigilância Sanitária em Debate |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br:article/364 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/364 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Envenenamento Agroquímicos Vigilância Sanitária Vigilância Epidemiológica Registros de Mortalidade Poisoning Agrochemicals Health Surveillance Epidemiological Surveillance Mortality Registries |
| Sumario: | This paper proposes a new surveillance and data collection model for pesticide poisoning, based on the descriptive analysis of deaths due to occupation-related pesticide exposure as registered in the Mortality Information System (SIM). These deaths are considered sentinel events based on their unexpected occurrence among employees performing the same functions and their continual exposure to these toxic products. A total of 33 deaths, between 2008 and 2012, from occupational pesticide poisoning registered in the country by the SIM will be individually presented in detail. The demographics of the 33 victims shows the following characteristics: males predominance (91%), 40–59 years of age (55%), caucasian (58%), low education levels (45%), marital status of single (39%) and married (33%), agriculture-related activity (64%), and farms as the primary location of the accident (33%). Surveillance actions—particularly for workers who perform the same activities as those that died—will investigate the working conditions, the use of personal protective equipment (including its periodic exchanges), and conducting specific tests for pesticide exposure/poisoning. |
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