[MCOH-EH] Re remote workers and vaccination

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Hi Phil.   We hold remote workers to the same standards as on site employees.   We had some debates on this topic recently and decided it best to keep all employees, remote or not, to our baseline exam and vaccination requirements.

James Mazo, MD, FACOEM
Regional Medical Director
Trinity Health Of New England

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> On Jun 23, 2021, at 1:53 PM, Philip Adamo <philipad1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello colleagues
> We are having debates on whether to require the same pre-placement immunizations and TB testing to remote workers throughout the US. Covid has created a whole new opportunity for healthcare. 
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> There are challenges with this and would appreciate your institutions policy on this.
> 
> Thanks
> Philip Adamo MD, MPH
> Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
> Lebanon, NH
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