Staff and Volunteer Health Screening, Immunizations and Work Restrictions
Sets the health screening the Agency requires before staff and volunteers have patient contact (Agency standards following CDC guidance, because the District has no hospice health screening rule), the hepatitis B vaccination that OSHA requires the Agency to make available within 10 working days of initial assignment, other vaccinations offered, when sick staff must stay away from patients, and how health information is kept confidential.
About this policy
- Policy number
- DC-HSP-HR-05
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §418.60
- Library
- Washington, DC hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 16
In short
- Complete your health screening and TB test before you see patients.
- If your work exposes you to blood, you are offered free hepatitis B vaccine within 10 working days of your first assignment.
- If you decline the vaccine, you sign a declination. You can still get it later for free.
- Do not go to a visit if you have a fever, vomiting, diarrhea, a new cough or a rash. Call the clinical manager.
- Your health records are kept confidential.
What's inside
16 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §418.60)
- 5. Health Screening Before Patient Contact
- 6. Hepatitis B Vaccination
- 7. Other Vaccinations
- 8. Illness and Work Restrictions
- 9. Confidentiality
- 10. Responsibilities
- 11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 12. References
- 13. Related Policies and Forms
- 14. Approval
- 15. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me this aide’s tuberculosis screening and hepatitis B vaccination or declination.
- When did you offer hepatitis B vaccine to this nurse, compared with her first assignment?
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