ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Hygienic assessment of risk factors and health of forensic scientists
1 Kazan (Privolzhsky) Federal University, Kazan, Russia
2 Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
3 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Dubrovina Ekaterina Aleksandrovna
ul. Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia; moc.liamg@anivorbudxelake
Author contributions: Timerzyanov MI, Milushkina OY — academic advising, writing an article; Ilyina OA, Dubrovina EA, Vasilyev DE — data collection, statistical analysis, literature analysis
Compliance with ethical standards: This trial was approved by the National Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the Republic of Tatarstan (Protocol No. 4 dated 14.03.2019). Consent shall be given voluntarily by every participant. Adults were surveyed on a voluntary basis using questionnaires. The conducted trial doesn’t expose participants to danger and corresponds to the requirements of biomedical ethics.
The objective of the study was to develop and implement the system of hygienic measures eliminating (mitigating) the impact of risk factors in the work of forensic scientists and to estimate effectiveness of these measures and the program aimed at improvement of employment terms for forensic scientists [1, 2]. Forensic scientists were compared to a control group of other doctors. The following researches were carried out: survey of 303 forensic scientists, analysis of their employment terms based on employment terms special evaluation (2,736 materials of employment terms special evaluation), examination of forensic scientists’ health compared to other doctors by analyzing medical examination results (309 health records). Protection and promotion of working population’s health is the state priority. Its purpose is to preserve labor potential and create conditions for economic development of the country. Medical workers are exposed to a combined, complex, and associated effect of working environment conditions and parameters [3, 4]. Industrial and social factors can result in a rising incidence, reduction in life expectancy, ill health and medical staff performance increment, and require preventive measures. Those working for forensic expert organizations constitute a special population due to a large number of professional, medical and organizational, and social risk factors [5].
Keywords: risk factors, forensic scientist, occupational hazard