[MCOH-EH] Medical accommodation form for primary care physicians to complete for employees requesting reassignment during COVID?

[Abhijay Karandikar]

 Hi,

I am in the process of developing a medical accommodation form for our employees. I can share once finalized with anyone who is interested.

One issue that has been raised is why these accommodations should be specific for reassignment away from COVID-19 patients. If an employee is deemed to be at risk to work with COVID-19 patients because of say, immunosuppression, he/she should, by extension be given "permanent restrictions" to not care for any patients in airborne isolation.

Abhijay


Abhijay P. Karandikar, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Chief, Occupational Medicine & Employee Health
Reading Hospital.     On Saturday, April 4, 2020, 11:43:37 AM EDT, Thorne, Craig <craig.thorne at ynhh.org> wrote:  
 
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Good morning everyone,
 
  
 
Has anyone created a specific medical accommodation (restriction) form for primary care physicians to complete for employees requesting reassignment during COVID?   
 
  
 
Thank you,  
 
  
 
Craig Thorne
 

 
  
 
Craig D. Thorne, M.D., MPH, MBA
Chief Medical Director, Occupational and Business Health Services, YNHHS
 
Cell: 203-687-5281
 
  
 
  
 
  
 


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