[MCOH-EH] specialty items for employees

[Yvonne Noel]

Employees are asked to complete an ergonomic assessment which is available on-line at the hospital  Safety Department link.  If requesting a sit to stand desk, they are required to have

a physician statement  indicating the need.  The letter is scanned to Occupational Health file, and Occupational Health notifies Safety that the letter has been received and is

filed in health record.  The installation of the sit to stand desks are coordinated by Safety, and the cost is covered by Safety.  The Safety Department completes the ergonomic assessment, and other ergonomic items provided are billed to the employee's department.

Yvonne Noel, RN, BSN, CIC, COHNs

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Subject: [MCOH-EH] specialty items for employees

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For those of you who work in a hospital setting, I am curious how you manage requests for specialty chairs, sit-to-stand desks and other items that employees say they need.  I receive these requests, and I am unsure of what items should come out of the Occupational Health Department as an accommodation and what should come out of the department budget.  I had employee bring me an Rx from her provider for a sit-to-stand desk after she was off for a non-work-related surgery.  Other employees tell me they need a specific chair for ergonomics, and the managers feel it should come from my budget.


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