ISCO-88 Code | ISCO-88 Description | Agent | Original level of exposure assigned | New exposure level assigned in step two | Number of participants who were assigned a new exposure | Instructions in the OAsJEM for re-assigning exposures in step two* | |
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AWES-Asthma study | Bhutan healthcare workers study | ||||||
2211 | Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals | Fish/shellfish | Medium | No | 8 | 5 | If there is no evidence of this person works regularly with fish recode fish = 0 |
2122 | Pharmacologists, pathologists and related professionals | High level disinfectants | Medium | High | 1 | 1 | Recode chemical disinfectants = 2, if clear evidence that this person works in highly exposed units such as in histology, pathology, pharmacology, operating room, intensive care unit, endoscopy, dialysis |
2221 | Medical doctors | Latex | Medium | High | 2 | 12 | Recode latex = 2 if surgeon |
2230 | Nursing and midwifery professionals | Latex | High | No | 14 | 0 | Recode latex = 0 for nurses not based in hospitals (e.g. public health nurse, district nurse, nurse in school, occupational health nurse, research nurse, nurse educator etc.) |
2230 | Nursing and midwifery professionals | High level disinfectants | Medium | High | 31 | 74 | Recode chemical disinfectants = 2 if midwife or bronchoscopy, operating room or gastroenterology or geriatric or pediatric nurse or if clear evidence that this worker is using frequently such products (histology, pathology, pharmacology, intensive care unit, endoscopy, dialysis) |
2230 | Nursing and midwifery professionals | Drugs | No | High | 2 | 10 | Recode drugs = 2 only if oncology or geriatric nurse or if clear evidence that this worker is preparing drugs, keep 0 in other cases |
3133 | Medical equipment operators | High level disinfectants | Medium | High | 10 | 7 | Recode chemical disinfectants = 2 if radiography, histology, bronchoscopy, or gastroenterology technician, or if technician working in hospital sterile supply department; otherwise keep 1 |
3211 | Life science technicians | High level disinfectants | No | High | 2 | 19 | Recode chemical disinfectants = 2 if clear evidence that this person works in histology, pathology, pharmacology otherwise keep 0 |
3221 | Medical assistants | High level disinfectants | No | High | 0 | 1 | Recode chemical disinfectants = 2 if clear evidence that this person works in highly exposed units such as in histology, pathology, pharmacology, operating room, intensive care unit, endoscopy, dialysis |
3225 | Dental assistants | Acrylates | Medium | No | 0 | 14 | If working as a dental hygienist recode acrylate = 0 |
3228 | Pharmaceutical assistants | Latex | Medium | No | 1 | 0 | Recode latex = 0 if clear evidence of no use of latex gloves |
3228 | Pharmaceutical assistants | Drugs | High | Medium | 1 | 0 | Recode drugs = 1 if not clear evidence that this worker is preparing drugs, keep 2 in other cases |
3228 | Pharmaceutical assistants | Amines | No | Medium | 0 | 7 | If clear evidence of daily use of drugs, recode amines = 1, otherwise leave as is |
3229 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) not elsewhere classified | High level disinfectants | No | High | 0 | 8 | Recode chemical disinfectants = 2 if clear evidence that this person works in in highly exposed units such as in histology, pathology, pharmacology, operating room, intensive care unit, endoscopy, dialysis |
3229 | Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) not elsewhere classified | Latex | No | High | 0 | 8 | Recode latex = 2 if clear evidence that this person works in personal nursing care in an operating room, a dental practice, or a geriatric care facility, otherwise leave as is |
3231 | Nursing associate professionals | Latex | High | No | 1 | 0 | Recode latex = 0 for associate nursing professionals not based in hospitals (e.g. public health, in school, occupational health nurse, research, education etc.) |
5132 | Institution-based personal care workers | Latex | Medium | High | 0 | 18 | Recode latex = 2 if clear evidence that this person works in personal nursing care in an operating room, oncology, a dental practice, or a geriatric care facility or in hospital, otherwise leave as is |
5132 | Institution-based personal care workers | High level disinfectants | Medium | High | 0 | 18 | Recode chemical disinfectant = 2 if clear evidence that this person works in personal nursing care in an operating room, oncology, a dental practice, or a geriatric care facility or in hospital, otherwise leave as is |
5133 | Home-based personal care workers | House dust mites | Medium | High | 16 | 0 | Recode house dust mite = 2 if evidence that a major part of the work is cleaning or sweeping in private home and mites are common in homes in the considered country |
9132 | Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments | High level disinfectants | Medium | High | 9 | 16 | Recode as chemical disinfectant = 2 if work is mainly indoor cleaning or extensive personal care of elderly persons in institution; otherwise leave as it is |