@article{2020:kova:notificati,
title = {Notification of occupational diseases in the Republic of Croatia: the impact of COVID-19},
year = {2020},
note = {Diagnosis of occupational diseases is an interdisciplinary process
that requires special knowledge of medicine and other areas related to
health and safety at work. So too is their diagnosis and treatment the
responsibility of occupational health specialists. The recognition of
occupational diseases in Croatia is regulated by the Law on the List
of Occupational Diseases, while diagnosis is carried out according to
modern occupational health criteria, which includes determining the
clinical picture of the disease and the damage caused by the work
process. The current health crisis caused by the pandemic of the new
infectious disease COVID-19 points us to several challenges in the
field of health and safety at work in the Republic of Croatia,
including the administrative problem of reporting and recognising
occupational diseases caused by COVID-19. At the beginning of April
2020, an amendment to the Regulation on Infectious Diseases completely
removed all administrative barriers to the recognition of occupational
diseases caused by COVID-19 infection.},
journal = {SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe},
pages = {19--30},
author = {Kovač, Cvetan and Krišto, Ivana and Šijaković, Ana},
volume = {23},
number = {1}
}