Scientific priorities formation in International Committee on Occupational medicine.

The article presents information on activities of International Committee on Occupational medicine - history of its foundation, development and formation, main scientific goals and studies.

[FEDERAL CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF HEARING LOSS DUE TO NOISE].

Noise induced hearing loss is a slowly developing hearing impairment, caused by occupational exposure to excessive noise levels, constitutes a lesion of the auditory analyzer and clinically manifested as chronic bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Currently, there is not a treatment that provide a cure of sensorineural hearing loss. Regular, individually tailored treatment should be directed to the pathogenic mechanisms and specific clinical symptoms of hearing loss, as well as the prevention of complications.

[Mortality parameters of patients with occupational diseases and evaluation of medical care quality].

The authors analyzed mortality parameters among occupational disease patients in coal industry over 1968- 2014 (9271 cases). Findings are significant increase in age and length of service in workers first registered in occupational pathology center, and 6-fold decrease of life span from occupational disease diagnosis till death. The authors necessitate specification and implementation of follow-up procedure in workers with high occupational risk-and in occupational diseases patients, and complex medical rehabilitation for individuals with primary stage of occupational diseases.

[Russian Federation implementation of WHO global efforts plan on workers health care].

The article deals with problems of implementing global WHO efforts plan on workers health care, Target program of World Labor Organization on work and occupational environment safety "For safe labor", some WLO conventions. The authors justify priority directions of governmental policy on health care for working population in Russia.