Standards of care for occupational asthma: An update

David Fishwick, Christopher Michael Barber, Lisa M. Bradshaw, Jon G. Ayres, Richard Barraclough, Sherwood Burge, Jonathan M. Corne, Paul Cullinan, Timothy Laszlo Frank, David Hendrick, Jennifer Hoyle, Andrew D. Curran, Robert Niven, Tony Pickering, Peter Reid, Alastair Robertson, Chris Stenton, Christopher J. Warburton, Paul J. Nicholson

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    Abstract

    Background: The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Standards of Care (SoC) Committee produced a standard of care for occupational asthma (OA) in 2008, based on a systematic evidence review performed in 2004 by the British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF). Methods: BOHRF updated the evidence base from 2004-2009 in 2010. Results: This article summarises the changes in evidence and is aimed at physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care, occupational health and public health and at employers, workers and their health, safety and other representatives. Conclusions: Various recommendations and evidence ratings have changed in the management of asthma that may have an occupational cause.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)278-280
    Number of pages2
    JournalThorax
    Volume67
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2012

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