An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre
The present study aims to describe occupational poisoning in Malaysia by assessing the epidemiological characteristics and identifying the risk factors. Retrospective analysis of telephone enquiries made to the National Poison Centre (NPC) regarding occupational poisoning from 2006-2019 was conduc...
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| author | Nur Azzalia Kamaruzaman Sulastri Samsudin Noor Afiza Abdul Rani Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar Mazlin Mohideen |
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| description | The present study aims to describe occupational poisoning in Malaysia by assessing the epidemiological characteristics
and identifying the risk factors. Retrospective analysis of telephone enquiries made to the National Poison Centre (NPC)
regarding occupational poisoning from 2006-2019 was conducted. The NPC received a total of 1,597 calls of occupational
poisoning whereby sociodemographic analysis showed that the most high-risk group included males (80.7%) of Malay race
(39.2%) aged between 19 and 29 years (33.6%) who were working at agricultural sites (42.9%) or factories (25.1%). Doctors
(87.2%) reported mostly acute (95.5%) exposure through the major routes of inhalation (44.2%) and ingestion (36.6%). Data
analysis indicated that state, age and race played a significant role (p<0.05) in determining whether occupational poisoning
occurred via pesticide (44.8%) or industrial agent (40.5%), which caused the majority of cases. This study emphasized the
importance of occupational safety and health (OSH) and the need for designing interventions, strategies and future research for
quality improvements in safety at the workplace.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d7602c5452b461288ff6a06bc532c5f2023-04-25T04:19:30ZengPrince of Songkla UniversitySongklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)0125-33952022-10-014451264127110.14456/sjst-psu.2022.164An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison CentreNur Azzalia Kamaruzaman0Sulastri Samsudin1Noor Afiza Abdul Rani2Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar3Mazlin Mohideen4National Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800 MalaysiaNational Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800 MalaysiaNational Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800 MalaysiaSchool of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800 MalaysiaFaculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti Kuala Lumpur-Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL-RCMP), Ipoh, Perak, 30450 MalaysiaThe present study aims to describe occupational poisoning in Malaysia by assessing the epidemiological characteristics and identifying the risk factors. Retrospective analysis of telephone enquiries made to the National Poison Centre (NPC) regarding occupational poisoning from 2006-2019 was conducted. The NPC received a total of 1,597 calls of occupational poisoning whereby sociodemographic analysis showed that the most high-risk group included males (80.7%) of Malay race (39.2%) aged between 19 and 29 years (33.6%) who were working at agricultural sites (42.9%) or factories (25.1%). Doctors (87.2%) reported mostly acute (95.5%) exposure through the major routes of inhalation (44.2%) and ingestion (36.6%). Data analysis indicated that state, age and race played a significant role (p<0.05) in determining whether occupational poisoning occurred via pesticide (44.8%) or industrial agent (40.5%), which caused the majority of cases. This study emphasized the importance of occupational safety and health (OSH) and the need for designing interventions, strategies and future research for quality improvements in safety at the workplace. https://sjst.psu.ac.th/journal/44-5/14.pdfoccupational safety and healthworkplaceagriculturemanufacturingpesticide |
| spellingShingle | Nur Azzalia Kamaruzaman Sulastri Samsudin Noor Afiza Abdul Rani Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar Mazlin Mohideen An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST) occupational safety and health workplace agriculture manufacturing pesticide |
| title | An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
| title_full | An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
| title_fullStr | An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
| title_full_unstemmed | An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
| title_short | An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
| title_sort | epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in malaysia a retrospective study from the national poison centre |
| topic | occupational safety and health workplace agriculture manufacturing pesticide |
| url | https://sjst.psu.ac.th/journal/44-5/14.pdf |
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