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Notification of occupational diseases in the Republic of Croatia: the impact of COVID-19

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  • Kovač, Cvetan
  • Krišto, Ivana
  • Šijaković, Ana

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Diagnosis of occupational diseases is an interdisciplinary process that requires special knowledge of medicine and other areas related to health and safety at work. So too is their diagnosis and treatment the responsibility of occupational health specialists. The recognition of occupational diseases in Croatia is regulated by the Law on the List of Occupational Diseases, while diagnosis is carried out according to modern occupational health criteria, which includes determining the clinical picture of the disease and the damage caused by the work process. The current health crisis caused by the pandemic of the new infectious disease COVID-19 points us to several challenges in the field of health and safety at work in the Republic of Croatia, including the administrative problem of reporting and recognising occupational diseases caused by COVID-19. At the beginning of April 2020, an amendment to the Regulation on Infectious Diseases completely removed all administrative barriers to the recognition of occupational diseases caused by COVID-19 infection.

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  • Kovač, Cvetan & Krišto, Ivana & Šijaković, Ana, 2020. "Notification of occupational diseases in the Republic of Croatia: the impact of COVID-19," SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 23(1), pages 19-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:joseer:10.5771/1435-2869-2020-1-19
    DOI: 10.5771/1435-2869-2020-1-19
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