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Calgary-based Consultants in Occupational Medicine
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We are Calgary-based specialists in occupational medicine providing best-practice consulting services for Canadian workers and workplaces. 

We have expertise in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of an organization's occupational health programs.  Collectively, we have decades of experience in the health care, manufacturing, oil and gas, petrochemicals, rail, marine and offshore, waste management, and small business sectors.

To achieve the best results, we work closely with professionals in industrial hygiene, safety and ergonomics, nursing, family and specialty medicine, rehabilitation, and disability and workers’ compensation case management.

WHAT IS

Occupational Medicine?

Occupational medicine is the field of medicine that deals with the effects of work on health and conversely, how a worker’s health may affect work safety, performance, and attendance.   

Occupational medicine is a specialty that combines public health, clinical medicine, and health sciences:  epidemiology, biostatistics, toxicology, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and safety.

There are a number of strategies to manage health-related risks at the level of the individual worker, the workplace, and the workforce:

Health Risk Management – hazard identification, exposure assessment and control, job design and safe work practices, personal protective equipment, worker education and participation, and risk-based medical fitness assessments

Diagnosis and Treatment – early recognition  and diagnosis of injuries and illness, effective medical treatment, and appropriate work limitations or restrictions

Improving Outcomes – supporting recovery and rehabilitation, return to work and accommodation, workers’ compensation and disability management.

Our Services

On-site Clinical Consulting Services – regularly scheduled physician services provided at your organization's health center.
Occupational Health Program Development – leading or supporting the planning, implementation, or evaluation of your fitness to work, medical surveillance, or biological monitoring programs.
Medical File Reviews – opinions regarding the work-relatedness of a medical condition or the ability of a worker to return to employment.
Workplace Health Risk Assessment – integrating information on workplace health hazards, levels of exposure, and worker susceptibility and recommend options for health risk management.
Communication and Education – addressing the occupational health learning needs of your organization's workers, managers, and occupational health staff.

Medical Surveillance

Medical surveillance is the periodic screening for work-related disease in workers who are overexposed to a hazard at work.
To be effective, the early detection of a work-related disease must translate to improved long-term health for workers.
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Medical Fitness to Work

Medical fitness to work assessments may be required (by law or policy) of workers in positions that are safety sensitive, remote or offshore, are physically demanding, or are otherwise high risk. All Canadian employers have a duty of care and a duty to accommodate persons with medical disabilities.
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Biological Monitoring

Biological (or toxicokinetic) monitoring is the measurement of a chemical or its metabolites in body fluids (exhaled air, blood, urine) in order to assess its absorption by all routes (inhalation, ingestion, dermal) from both occupational and non-occupational sources of exposure.
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