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Summary
Introduction
Summary of Action Standard Health Clearance Additional Health Clearance Timing of Health Checks Existing health checks
Categories of New Healthcare Workers Medical students Nursing students Dentistry Other students Healthcare workers performing exposure-prone procedures ( EPPs) for the first time Healthcare workers returning to the NHS who may have been exposed to serious communicable diseases Healthcare workers from locum and recruitment agencies, including NHS professionals Healthcare workers in the independent healthcare sector
Standard health checks for serious communicable diseases for healthcare workers new to the NHS Tuberculosis ( TB) Preventing infection in healthcare settings: occupational health Offer of Hepatitis B immunisation Offer of testing for hepatitis C: non- EPP workers Offer of testing for HIV: non- EPP workers
Additional health checks for serious communicable diseases for healthcare workers new to the NHS who will perform EPPs and existing workers new to EPPs Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV
Other considerations Overseas recruitment Laboratory tests Identification and validation of samples submitted for testing Laboratories Health clearance certificates Healthcare workers applying for posts or training involving exposure-prone procedures who decline to be tested Occupational health advice Confidentiality Publicising the new arrangements to prospective employees and students Audit and surveillance
Annex A - Extract from Immunisation against infectious disease Annex B - Exposure-prone procedures ( EPPs) Annex C - Regulatory bodies' statements on professional responsibilities
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