We are going to bring in some agency nurses to help with staffing shortages.  How do you handle these individuals for onboarding?  Besides proof of vaccination history, do you do ppd’s and drug screens on them or do you  utilize the documentation from the agency?  Are there time limits on when the drug screen or ppd should be repeated at your facility?

 

Thank you,

 

Linda Merz, M(ASCP)CM, MLT, CIC

Manager, Infection Prevention & Control/

Employee Health & Wellness

314.525.1207

Linda.Merz@samcstl.org

 

If you could see the germs, you’d wash your hands

 

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