Tracking occupational diseases: An analysis of approaches for the Canadian context

All rights reserved. The Workers’ Compensation Board of B.C. encourages the copying, reproduction, and distribution of this document to promote health and safety in the workplace, provided that the Workers’ Compensation Board of B.C. is acknowledged. However, no part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, or distributed for profit or other commercial enterprise or may be incorporated into any other publication without written permission of the Workers’ Compensation Board of B.C.Effective systems for monitoring occupational diseases would be of considerable assistance to Canadian Workers’ Compensation Boards (WCBs) as well as to other policy makers and stakeholders involved with occupational health. Canadian decision makers have recently shown interest in the use of registries in monitoring occupational exposure and disease. This report presents a review of operating exposure registries, outlines several key considerations in the planning of new registries, and provides a brief comparison of registries with other approaches for exposure and disease tracking