Diseño de un sistema de vigilancia epidemiológica de riesgo químico para Biobrill S.A.S.
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Biobrill S.A.S. is dedicated to produce and market biodegradable products for the cleaning and maintenance of physical, institutional and home environments. There the workers exposed to chemical risk factors are (7) seven, but those of the production area and the manufacturing area are the most exposed, in the case of 4 (four) workers. The company handles about 50 different chemical inputs, for the manufacture and production of its products, which come in different physical states and presentations. This added to the compulsory nature of the epidemiological surveillance programs within the Safety and Health at Work Management System (SG-ST) for priority risks (Article 2.2.4.6.21, Decree 1072 of 2015, articles 1, 12, 16, 21 and 22 of Decree 1443 of 2014 and Resolution 312 of 2019), it is of vital importance the existence of one of these for the reduction and control of chemical risk, because it is directly linked to its economic activity and is one of the highest risks in the company. The epidemiological surveillance program at a practical level becomes a system by requiring several documentary elements for its implementation, from a preventive to a corrective approach, which are holistically interrelated. For this reason, a risk management program, prevention and promotion program and epidemiological surveillance program were prepared, as well as the risk matrix, chemical substance matrix, compatibility matrix, EPP matrix, indicators matrix, among others, which are totally necessary instruments. An analysis was also carried out according to the occupational diseases that can potentially cause repeated exposure to chemical substances (Decree 1477 of 2014) that are handled there, and from this the occupational medical surveillance that the company should carry out was formulated, as well such as precautions, safe acts and the controls to be implemented. This project was characterized as a descriptive investigation with applied purpose. This project is also part of the sustainable development goals established at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development of Rio + 20 (2012) for 2020 and 2030, where (3) three of them enunciate the reduction of deaths and diseases caused by hazardous chemical substances and the reduction of air, water and soil pollution. In Colombia, the national action plan for the management of chemical substances has been created (2013-2020), whose base line according to data from the Ministry of Labor in 2013, only 0.7% of employers carried out prevention work in chemical risk.