According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), better education of workers, management, unions and medical professionals is the key to the prevention of OA. This will enable them to identify the risk factors and put in place preventive measures like masks or exposure limits, etc.
Recovery is directly dependent on the duration and level of exposure to the causative agent. Depending on the severity of the case, the condition of the patient can improve dramatically during the first year after removal from exposure.
Three basic types of procedures are used for treating the affected workers:
Occupational asthma primary prevention
Occupational lung disease secondary prevention
Occupational lung disease primary prevention
Chronic bronchitis primary prevention
Pneumoconiosis primary prevention
Asthma primary prevention
Pneumoconiosis secondary prevention
Chronic bronchitis secondary prevention