Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Canadian salmon aquaculture: the absence of antimicrobial resistance from hazard designation in an industry with high reporting of occupational injuries
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Canadian salmon aquaculture: the absence of antimicrobial resistance from hazard designation in an industry with high reporting of occupational injuries
Canadian salmon aquaculture: the absence of antimicrobial resistance from hazard designation in an industry with high reporting of occupational injuries
Subject
Canadian salmon aquaculture, antimicrobial
Description
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) exposures can adversely affect the health of workers and their communities, particularly in animal production, but are unlikely to be captured by compensation claims data outside of clinical occupations. Salmon aquaculture is an important industry in Canada that reports high occupational injury rates linked to exposures to diverse hazards. Aquaculture reports antimicrobial use (AMU), yet AMR is not designated as a biological occupational hazard.
Methods: Occupational claims data from Atlantic Canadian aquaculture were analyzed to describe injury characteristics. Trends in aquaculture AMU and relevant policy were reported to contextualize barriers that prevent surveillance for occupational exposures to AMR factors.
Results: Injured workers most frequently reported injuries attributed
to physical and ergonomic hazards leading to soft tissue damage and
open and superficial wounds to the back, legs, and fingers. AMR
designation as an occupational hazard is hindered at three distinct
levels: i) Surveillance program for AMR emergence in aquaculture
is absent. ii) Latent onset of symptoms linked to occupational AMR
exposures mitigate against related compensation claims. iii) Data
reporting gaps impede correlative analyses of AMU and clinical AMR.
Conclusions: AMR surveillance requires an iterative and One Health approach. Currently, occupational claims data facilitate only retrospective analyses biased towards observable physical injuries
with clear occupational origins. Surveillance requires a paradigm
shift that promotes prospective analyses to guide health protective
strategies.
Methods: Occupational claims data from Atlantic Canadian aquaculture were analyzed to describe injury characteristics. Trends in aquaculture AMU and relevant policy were reported to contextualize barriers that prevent surveillance for occupational exposures to AMR factors.
Results: Injured workers most frequently reported injuries attributed
to physical and ergonomic hazards leading to soft tissue damage and
open and superficial wounds to the back, legs, and fingers. AMR
designation as an occupational hazard is hindered at three distinct
levels: i) Surveillance program for AMR emergence in aquaculture
is absent. ii) Latent onset of symptoms linked to occupational AMR
exposures mitigate against related compensation claims. iii) Data
reporting gaps impede correlative analyses of AMU and clinical AMR.
Conclusions: AMR surveillance requires an iterative and One Health approach. Currently, occupational claims data facilitate only retrospective analyses biased towards observable physical injuries
with clear occupational origins. Surveillance requires a paradigm
shift that promotes prospective analyses to guide health protective
strategies.
Creator
Cory Ochs, Barbara Neis, Kimberley Cullen, Edgar McGuinness, Kapil Tahlan, Atanu Sarkar
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
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Citation
Cory Ochs, Barbara Neis, Kimberley Cullen, Edgar McGuinness, Kapil Tahlan, Atanu Sarkar, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
Canadian salmon aquaculture: the absence of antimicrobial resistance from hazard designation in an industry with high reporting of occupational injuries,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 9, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2329.
Canadian salmon aquaculture: the absence of antimicrobial resistance from hazard designation in an industry with high reporting of occupational injuries,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 9, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2329.