{"ref":"PA-HH-IC-04","title":"Employee Health Examinations and Tuberculosis Screening","category":"Infection control","summary":"Sets the Agency’s own standard for employee health examinations (28 Pa. Code §601.21(f) requires health examinations in personnel records but sets no content or frequency): a pre-assignment health examination, baseline tuberculosis screening with an individual risk assessment following current CDC guidance for health care personnel, annual TB education and symptom review, testing after exposure, vaccinations, work restrictions for communicable disease under 28 Pa. Code §27.155, and confidential health records.","inShort":["You need a health examination and tuberculosis screening before you see any patient.","Each year you will complete TB education and answer questions about TB symptoms.","If you are exposed to a patient with TB, the Agency arranges free testing for you.","Tell your supervisor before your shift if you have diarrhea, hepatitis, jaundice or another condition that could spread to patients.","Your health information is kept confidential, separate from your personnel file."],"primaryCitation":"28 Pa. Code §601.21(f)","citations":["28 Pa. Code §601.21(f)","28 Pa. Code §601.3(b)","28 Pa. Code Chapter 27","28 Pa. Code §27.155","28 Pa. Code §27.161(b)","28 Pa. Code §27.21a","49 Pa. Code §21.145(e)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.70","29 CFR §1910.1030(f)","29 CFR §1910.1020"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the health examination in this aide’s personnel record.","How do you screen new staff for tuberculosis?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (28 Pa. Code §601.21(f))","5. Pre-Assignment Health Examination","6. Tuberculosis Screening at Hire","7. Annual TB Education and Symptom Review","8. After an Exposure to TB","9. Vaccinations","10. Work Restrictions","11. Confidentiality of Health Records","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"pa-hha","state":"Pennsylvania","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/infection-control-policy/","h1":"What should a home care infection control policy include?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}