Objective To analyze the acute occupational poisonings occurred in Shanghai from 1997 to 2005, and thus provide scientific evidence for poisoning control and prevention.
Methods The rank-sum ratio (RSR) method was adopted to evaluate the acute occupational poisonings occurred in Shanghai from 1997 to 2005 by using the number of the accidents, the number of poisoning cases and morbidity as evaluating indicators.
Results The majority of acute occupational poisonings were reported of exposure to carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and amino or nitro compounds of benzene. The results of RSRW evaluation depicted that the occurrence of acute occupational poisonings in Shanghai was not decreasing during 1997-2005. The RSRW evaluation showed the best value in 2002, and the worst in 2005, which were 0.722 and 0.287 respectively.
Conclusion The picture of acute occupational poisonings in Shanghai from 1997 to 2005 is not desirable. Yet, extra efforts on poisoning control and prevention should be made to address this issue.
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