Status and Efficiency of Occupational Health Services in several Groups of Educational Staff from a Medical University

Introduction
The present study was performed to evaluate the status and efficiency of Occupational Health Services (OHS) in several groups of educational staff from the high-risk disciplines such as Anatomy(31persons), Histology(9), Anatomo-pathology(9) and Forensic medicine(3) from the Tg.Mures University of Medicine.

Methods
1.- Risk assessment for prevention of occupational diseases and professional injuries by monitoring of noxious agents (formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, benzene) and evaluating the cleanliness of work-environment.
2.- Yearly health status evaluation of the exposed educational staff from these disciplines by periodic medical control conform National Standards.
3.- Risk communication to all responsible factors implied in professional activities measured by the efficiency indicator against the existing risks (EIAER)= expected measures/ taken measures.
4.- Strategy development regarding the security & health status of the personnel by workplace controls, work-conditions improving methods, work security instructions, measured by the rate of expected values/ observed values and by the scores received by the personnel of each disciplines after taking a multiple-choice test regarding the general and special norms of work protection.
5.- Collaboration with all community health sectors, measured by the indicator of communicability (IC)= inquiries/ responses.
6.- Management of occupational health activity in University, measured by the health status of the educational staff.

Results
The work-environment monitoring of noxious agents has shown values above the national standards (e.g.formaldehyde in air of all disciplines ~4.5mg/cm instead of 3mg/cm). The bio-toxicological analysis of the educational personnel shown slightly elevated values compared with the Biological Tolerable Limits(BTL).The EIAERs were >1, along with the IC, both reflecting a deficiency in communication between the health protection human factors. The educational staff has received good scores on the occupational safety multiple-choice test(85-98%).

Discussion
The studied educational staff health conditions were good.
No occupational diseases and professional injuries were found in the studied sectors during the last 7-years, reflecting the efficiency of OHS at the University.