The Quality Improvement of Periodic Medical Examinations of Working People and Professional Aptitude Expertise

Abstract

Aims - to analyze the historical aspects of the formation of the national normative framework in the field of primary and periodic medical examinations, to discuss the existing problems in the carrying out of primary and periodic medical examinations of workers and also to make suggestions for quality improvement of primary and periodic medical examinations and for introduction of occupational risk assessment into the practice of primary and periodic medical examinations. Conclusion. For quality improvement of primary and periodic medical examinations, for efficiency improvement of primary and secondary prevention of occupational diseases it is considered to be necessary to take the following suggestions: - fuller coverage of working people by periodic medical examinations; - thorough selection of organizations that perform the special assessment of working conditions; - the use of the results of the special assessment of working conditions for improving working conditions and informing workers about working conditions; - implementation of occupational risk assessment into practice of primary and periodic medical examinations; - the use of modern methods of molecular and genetic screening;

Keywords

• periodic medical examinations
• quality improvement
• professional risks
• professional aptitude
• professional selection