Employee Health: Communicable Disease and Tuberculosis Screening, Immunizations and Work Restrictions
Sets out the Michigan-required employee health program: screening every employee on hire for communicable disease including tuberculosis under the CDC 2005 guideline and its 2019 update, evaluating immunization status against the adopted vaccination recommendations, when staff are screened again, and when infectious staff are kept from patient care.
About this policy
- Policy number
- MI-HSP-HR-05
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45139
- Library
- Michigan hospice · 59 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 17
In short
- Every new employee is screened for communicable disease, including TB, before caring for patients. Michigan requires it.
- Show proof of your vaccinations or get them through the Agency, or sign a declination.
- If you have a fever, vomiting, diarrhea, a new cough, a rash or an infected wound, call your supervisor and do not visit patients.
- Tell your supervisor if a patient you cared for is found to have TB.
What's inside
17 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45139)
- 5. Screening on Hire
- 6. Later Screening
- 7. Work Restrictions
- 8. Confidentiality
- 9. Contracted Staff, Students and Volunteers
- 10. Responsibilities
- 11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 12. Staff Training
- 13. References
- 14. Related Policies and Forms
- 15. Approval
- 16. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me this employee's TB screening on hire. What method did you use?
- How do you evaluate staff immunization status?
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