Occupational and Employee Health at UCLA owns the setting of restrictions and off work periods for infectious disease exposures for employees.  We do not have a policy on this specific subject.   We do partner on many policies; influenza vaccine, TdaP, airborne transmissible disease and BBP for which I update and so does Infection Prevention and we must both agree on revisions.

 

Warner

 

T. Warner Hudson, MD FACOEM, FAAFP

Medical Director, Occupational and Employee Health

UCLA Health System and Campus

Office 310.825.9146

Fax 310.206.4585

Pager 800.233.7231  ID 27132

E-mail twhudson@mednet.ucla.edu

Website www.ohs.uclahealth.org

 

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+twhudson=mednet.ucla.edu@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Hartley, Patrick
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Subject: [MCOH-EH] work restrictions policy associated with infectious disease exposures/infections

 

Colleagues:
In your respective organizations, who "owns" the policy with respect to work restrictions for healthcare workers associated with communicable/infectious disease exposures or infections. While I recognize that employee health, on a case by case basis, may have to be the one to assign restrictions (including placing some personnel off work during infectious periods), is the policy itself "owned" (and thereby periodically reviewed/updated) by HR, Infection Control or Employee Health?
thanks
Pat

Patrick G. Hartley, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., M.P.H.

Professor (Clinical) of Internal Medicine

Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine

Medical Director: University Employee Health Clinic & Occupational Medicine Clinic

Carver College of Medicine

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242-1009

319-353-7072 (Office)

319-356-2115 (Pulmonary / Occ. Med. Clinic)

319-356-3631 (UEHC)

319-353-6406 (Fax)

patrick-hartley@uiowa.edu

 

 

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