Occupational
Medicine
How
to Initiate and Track a Preplacement Health Assessment at the Student Health
Care Center
When individuals require a
preplacement health assessment before they begin work, the department must
initiate and track the process with the Student Health Care Center (SHCC).
1. The department identifies
the job duty that requires the health
assessment. Job duties that require a health assessment
can be found at
http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/OCCMED/jobduty.pdf.
For individuals who will fill a specific position at
the
For individuals who will
work without a specific position (OPS or volunteers), the department will
record the job duty on the new Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) form
at http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/formium/server.asp?form=INOPOn.pdf. The department then submits the form to
EH&S/SHCC.
2. The
department initiates the health assessment with the following information.
·
Candidate’s
name
·
Candidate’s
department
·
Candidate’s
UFID number (Employee ID) – if the UF Directory does not list the individual’s
UFID, the individual must be added to the directory
·
Candidate’s
position title and number (if applies)
·
Supervisor’s
name and phone number
The type of health assessment depends on the job duty.
A. Review of comprehensive health history and immunization records
The
department prompts the individual to complete and submit the appropriate forms
if the following job duties apply.
Delivery of the above forms to the SHCC can be in person at the main
campus
·
Animal Contact
– Risk Assessment for Animal Contact (http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/Bio/Files/acform.pdf)
·
Contact with
Human Blood or Other Potentially Infectious Material – Training and Vaccination
Form (http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/Bio/BBP/tnv.pdf)
· Patient Contact - Preplacement Screening Patient
Contact Form (http://www.shcc.ufl.edu/occmed/pdf/wmc-001.pdf)
Note: This requires an appointment with a nurse at
the SHCC Occupational Medicine Clinic.