Rol y condiciones estratégicas del médico dentro del Sistema de Gestión de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional

Abstract

The negative impact of occupational accidents is both health and economic. It is estimated that close to 2.3 million deaths a year are due for work. There are risk factors such as exposure to physical risks, chemical, biological, psychosocial, and ergonomic causing imbalance in health and cause accidents, diseases. To protect health in these fields there is a Occupational Medicine. The objective of this study is to describe the role and strategic conditions of the doctor within the occupational health and safety management system. Materials and methods: review of the literature in BIREME, Scielo Peru, Spain, Colombia, and publications of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Conclusion: The strategic role of the doctor within the Occupational Health and Safety Management System presents the approaches: human, medical-legal, economic and social; with direct responsibility for the implementation of policies and programs of occupational health, based on national and international ethical codes.