As we all know, many occupations have occupational diseases, which are due to the physical or mental damage caused by long-term engagement in an activity or operation. For example, drivers are prone to cervical spondylosis, cement factory workers are prone to pneumoconiosis, mining workers are prone to arthritis and so on.
For a profession, different jobs are sometimes susceptible to different diseases. For example, the entire medical staff group, due to the intensity and pressure of work, the probability of sudden death and tumors seems to be higher than that of the general group. For caregivers, their risk of developing varicose veins in the lower extremities is relatively increased due to prolonged standing and running in wards and corridors.
So, are inspectors who have been engaged in medical laboratory work for a long time prone to occupational diseases? The answer is yes. What diseases are you prone to? And listen to the editor slowly, please judge, see if it makes sense.
One
Diseases of the digestive system
I heard that nine of the ten doctors in the laboratory doctor are fast, and one is particularly fast...
We test that people eat very quickly, especially before the night shift, after the night shift, eating is a race against the clock. There is also a situation: the test person is simply eating at the speed of light, and the "hungry wolf performance of three pigs" is often staged during the supper of the night shift, one is because of hunger, the other is because of hurry. Dozens of specimens on the shelf are waiting for you to make, the window is lined up to wait for blood to be drawn, and the meal time is really not in time.
Hungry for a full meal, eat late, eat fast, eat too much, these irregular diets have led to too many test people more or less have digestive diseases, gastrointestinal diseases occupy a major position.
However, I heard that the tester who finished working in the PCR laboratory liked to come to a bottle of ice Coke, I don't know if you also like to take a sip of "cold" to dispel the sweltering heat?
Two
Diseases of the urinary system
If someone tells you to drink more hot water, he must be a good person.
Due to the huge amount of specimens, the inspector does not have time to go to the bathroom, especially after wearing protective clothing, every time he goes to the bathroom, it means that he has to go through a series of procedures such as undressing, dressing, disinfection, etc., so drinking water and going to the toilet has become a luxury.
The incidence of urinary stones is closely related to the amount of water consumed, so in recent years, the risk of testing people with stones has increased sharply.
Three
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
I heard that obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common disease that all testers have, and if he doesn't have OCD, then he must not be a test person!
My colleague Teacher Chen has a very serious obsessive-compulsive disorder, every time she puts the kit, she always has to arrange it in the same order and in the same direction, so that the bottles and cans in the kitchen at home must be arranged in high and low order to feel at ease.
Every day before work, be sure to browse the LIS sample list to prevent missing projects or doing the wrong projects, if you forget one day, you can't eat or sleep all day.
Even after work, people will always get a phone call asking: "Do you see if the result of my review is reported?" "Help me see if the form is filled out?" I don't seem to fill out the sheet on the fridge. ”
Why do we test why people have obsessive-compulsive disorder? It's not that we test that everyone has a 100% responsible heart! Our inspection of people is definitely a model of love and dedication.
Four
Cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis
Clinical and nursing are envious of our test people can always sit, but this has been sitting we test people can not stand ah, sometimes really envy their clinical can always move.
Due to the long-term operation of the machine and the use of the computer, we test people like the old-fashioned engine is not oiled, and it clicks when it moves.
There are also inspectors who often sit in front of the instrument, and the air outlet of the central air conditioner blows straight on the examiner, so the examiner generally has cervical spondylosis or lumbar spondylosis. If you haven't already, it means you haven't been in the laboratory for long enough.
If you don't believe it, if you observe the old comrades in your own department, are many people who like to shake their heads and swing their legs, that is not their self-regulation reaction when they are chanting poems, it is clear that they are self-regulating reactions when the cervical spine is uncomfortable.
Five
tenosynovitis
With the application of automation equipment, the opportunity and time for everyone to use pipettes has been relatively reduced.
But! When the epidemic came, the time for the inspector to use the pipette was probably longer than the time spent with the mobile phone!
Testers add thousands of samples every day, because too many samples often cause tenosynovitis. My colleague Teacher Li, who is also older, told me that his tenosynovitis is particularly serious, and after each work, he feels that it is a little difficult to get a mobile phone, not to mention eating. He even proudly told me that he had now learned to eat skillfully with a spoon in his left hand.
Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but feel a little sad...
Six
Contact dermatitis
In the PCR laboratory, the tester often stays for 8 hours, and whenever he encounters large-scale nucleic acid testing, 12 hours and 16 hours are also commonplace.
Because of wearing N95 masks for a long time, the bridge of the nose and the root of the ear are red, swollen and worn.
It is precisely because of the long-term wearing of double gloves that contact dermatitis is caused. The hands of the testers are densely packed with rashes, but fortunately the test people do not have dense phobias, otherwise they will faint at once.
Every time I wash my hands with my hands after work, the sour feeling and the fiery pain are in my heart. But the examiner has to use his hands many times a day, and he has to be tortured many times a day.
Six
Nosocomial infections and infectious diseases
Most of the patients in the hospital carry pathogens, and because of the use of antibiotics, there are more resistant bacteria, especially colleagues in the laboratory microbiome, who are on the front line of danger. We test people who also have many occupational exposure risks, such as hepatitis B, C, HIV, syphilis, SARS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, may be infected.
The mainland has the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, but in the catalogue of occupational diseases stipulated by the state, these diseases that are common to doctors are not included in the category of occupational diseases. We can't get the corresponding subsidies for our inspectors, and it has to be said that this is indeed a defect.
Someone once said, "Staying healthy is the responsibility of being human." "Cherishing health and consciously maintaining health is a manifestation of a person's true responsibility for the family and society." After all, behind every inspection report, it is the guarantee that the inspector has exchanged for his physical health. The physical health of all our testers is actually the safety and security of patients.
Hopefully, all testers will be able to be in good health and free of occupational diseases!
Editor: Ren Mileage Reviewer: Xiao Ran