Which data are tracked under epidemiologic workplace surveillance? (Select all that apply.)
A) Injuries
B) Illness
C) Hazards
D) Exposures
E) Productivity
Ans: A, B, C, D
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Workplace health surveillance includes physical examinations and the tracking of injuries, illness, hazards, and exposures both in individual people and for groups of workers. Productivity would not be tracked under epidemiologic workplace surveillance.
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