ILO: Diagnostic and exposure criteria for occupational diseases - Guidance notes for diagnosis and prevention of the diseases in the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010) (2022)

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The ILO has a long history in the identification of diseases as occupational for the purpose of their prevention and compensation. The List of Occupational Diseases Recommendation, 2002 (No. 194), adopted by the International Labour Conference in 2002, annexed a list of occupational diseases which was revised in 2010. The revised 2010 ILO List of Occupational Diseases represents the most recent ILO work in this regard. 

The 2010 ILO List is structured with four sections:

  1. Occupational diseases caused by exposure to agents arising from work activities (chemical, physical, biological agents and infectious or parasitic diseases)
  2. Occupational diseases by target organ systems (respiratory diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, and mental and behavioural disorders)
  3. Occupational cancer
  4. Other diseases

This publication is intended to assist ILO Member States in the recognition of the diseases specified in the 2010 ILO List as occupational in origin and in their inclusion in the national lists for the purpose of their prevention, recording, notification and, if applicable, compensation. The guidance notes provide information and criteria to be considered in the diagnosis and prevention of the diseases specified in the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010) and are intended for the use of competent authorities, social security institutions, workers’ compensation funds, occupational safety and health professionals, physicians, employers and workers, and persons in charge of recording, notification, prevention, and compensation programmes for occupational diseases. 

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