Instrumentation of occupational medical examination institutions in Guangdong Province
10.20001/j.issn.2095-2619.20251015
- VernacularTitle:广东省职业健康检查机构仪器配置情况
- Author:
Chaoting ZHAO
1
;
Chanchan QI
;
Jianming TAN
;
Xiaoyi LI
;
Ruiyan HUANG
;
Jiabin CHEN
Author Information
1. Jiangmen City Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Control, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529000, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Occupational medical examination;
Institution;
Category;
Region;
Instrumentation
- From:
China Occupational Medicine
2025;52(5):570-573
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the instrument distribution and capacities of inter-laboratory comparisons among occupational medical examination (OME) institutions in Guangdong Province. Methods A total of 291 OME institutions in Guangdong Province that were within the validity period of filing in June 2024 and 101 OME institutions that participated in inter-laboratory comparisons in 2023 were selected as the study subjects. Their filing categories, instrument distribution and external quality assessment in laboratories were collected and analyzed. Results The location of 291 OME institutions distributed in 21 prefectural-level cities in the province, mainly in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, accounting for 68.4% of the total. The public hospitals, private medical institutions, the center for disease control and prevention and occupational disease prevention and treatment institutions (hereinafter referred to as "occupational prevention institutions") accounted for 61.2%, 28.5% and 10.3%, respectively. The filing rates for physical factors, chemical factors, and dust categories among OME institutions were 91.1%, 86.9%, and 86.6%, respectively. The average number of institutional instruments, from high to low, was 53.8, 38.8 and 38.2 per unit in occupational prevention institutions, private medical institutions and public hospitals, respectively. The passing rates of inter-laboratory comparisons among OME institutions of external quality assessment in laboratories among OME institutes in Guangdong Province, from high to low were occupational prevention institutions, public hospitals and private medical institutions (96.2% vs 86.8% vs 73.0%, P<0.05). Conclusion The regional distribution of OME institutes in Guangdong Province is unbalanced, mainly concentrated in the PRD region. Low overall level of OME capacity is found in public hospitals and private medical institutions. Leading by the occupational prevention institutions, public hospitals and private medical institutions should strengthen the development and investment in OME hardware, in order to improve the OME level.
