[MCOH-EH] [External] Clearance to RTW after + COVID

[Behrman, Amy]

We use automated emails & texts to return COVID-infected employees to work, following current criteria and changing the programming as needed over time (for instance if moving between conventional and contingency staffing).   This allows our nurses to concentrate their telephonic clearance efforts primarily on HCP with severe illness, ongoing limiting symptoms, and immune compromise.

Amy J Behrman, MD, FACP, FACOEM
Division Chief, Occupational Medicine
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA  19104
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Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 7:14 PM
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Subject: [External] [MCOH-EH] Clearance to RTW after + COVID


Hi All:



Bit of clarification to this question: do you require clearance from EHS before RTW after 10 days or do you allow employees to return with their own self-assessment? We want to decrease the volume of phone calls by putting out a decision tree and empowering employees to return without actually speaking with an EHS nurse.



Does anyone know if an actual clearance is required by OSHA, public health, etc? Or have we just gotten in our own way?



Angeli Mancuso, RN | Cottage Health

Manager, Workforce Development

Employee Experience|805-319-0359, Ext. 48928

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