Guidance and Position Statements

This ACOEM guidance paper reviews structural elements of UR programs and proposes a possible template for operational standards.

This 2020 ACOEM guidance statement incorporates recent spirometry testing changes into its recommendations to provide current information for all users of spirometry test results, from those who perform or supervise testing to those who only interpret or review results.

This guidance statement represents a compilation of pertinent guidelines, best practices, and professional opinions applicable to the practice of occupational medicine in the medical center setting. It includes an addendum which addresses physician burnout.

This position statement addresses ethical issues involved in substance abuse screening in the workplace.

This position statement presents the definition of an MRO and defines the qualifications needed by these physicians.

This guidance statement addresses the potential adverse health effects associated with exposure to nanomaterials.

Arsenic exposure in humans can occur from multiple routes including diet. This guidance statement addresses arsenic exposure sources and pathways, adverse health effects of arsenic exposure and those subpopulations at increased risk, and the evaluation and treatment of those exposed to elevated arsenic levels.

This guidance statement clarifies current best practices in the diagnosis of occupational noise-induced hearing loss.

This guidance statement discusses the role of occupational medicine clinicians in the supervision of audiometric surveillance under the auspices of hearing conservation programs.