Abstract

VICENTE-HERRERO, María Teófila; RAMIREZ-INIGUEZ DE LA TORRE, María Victoria; TERRADILLOS-GARCIA, Jesús  and  LOPEZ-GONZALEZ, Ángel Arturo. Dry eye syndrome and work: A preventive review around the Spanish legislation. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.3, pp.471-481. ISSN 0864-2176.

Dry eye syndrome is a condition whose prevalence in Spanish population is around 11 % and with an impact on the labor world associated with new ways of working, with increasing use of screens and electronic devices, environmental conditions encountered in modern designs in offices, with changes in air exchange and variations in ambiental humidity and occupational exposure to ionizing radiation, environmental chemicals or dust. We review the risk factors associated with the syndrome of dry eye in the labor world around Spanish preventive legislation. The occupational health actions must be carried out within the preventive service, with special relevance in Occupational Health assessment of fitness of the worker concerned and possible consideration as a worker especially sensitive to certain occupational hazards. The implementation of actions agreed, coordinated early and occupational physicians, safety technicians and clinical specialties involved, among which ophthalmology, will prevent and control this disease more effectively.

Keywords : dry eye; occupational medicine; occupational health; prevention; occupational risk factor.

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