Objective From the perspective of public health, to select the indicators of key techniques for surveillance of occupational hazards and response to occupational poisonings, and provide a basis to effectively improve the ability and results of surveillance and on-site response of departments in charge of surveillance of occupational hazards.
Methods Delphi method and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) were used to select top 10 indicators of key techniques. An empirical survey by questionnaire was conducted in community-level centers for disease control and prevention (CDC). The results of TOPSIS and the empirical study were compared.
Results The positive coefficient of experts was 86.7% (26/30), and there were 92.3% (24/30) and 88.5% (23/30) of the experts participated in public health monitoring and on-site response, respectively. The average authority coefficient of experts was 0.796. The coordination coefficients of importance and urgency of all indicators were 0.830 and 0.802, respectively. Nine indicators of key techniques were coincident between the results of TOPSIS and the empirical survey, which were personal protection, field rapid detection and monitoring technology, data collection standardization, network direct reporting, data security and confidentiality, public health intervention effect evaluation, sample pretreatment, public opinion collection technology, and health education, with a Kappa value of 0.822.
Conclusion The selected indicators of key techniques for surveillance of occupational hazards and response to occupational poisonings are highly agreed by professionals from community-level institutions, and should be prioritized for development and improvement.
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