We have been moving away from in office lifting testing despite marketing and client desire due to multiple issues.

1. Lack of any standardaization of this process.

2. No supporting clinical or research based evidence that this makes any difference in outcomes?

3. Potential injury to staff and patient.

4. Potential for emlpyer misuse of information and libility of incuring ADA claim wihtout standarization and documentaion of necessity of job fitness

William Scott, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOEM

Clinical Associate Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine,

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign

Head, Occupational & Environmental Medicine & Employee Health

Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Physician Group.

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All, if anyone does lift testing in their offices, do you have the post-offer employee sign a release of liability in the event of an injury while testing?  If so, would you be willing to share such document?

This is a new service for our office.  Any other issues I should consider before implementing?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Ken

Kenneth Subin, MD, MPH, DipABLM

Chief Medical Officer, Cayuga Medical Associates, PC

Occupational Medicine, Cayuga Medical Associates, PC

16 Brentwood Drive

Ithaca, NY 14850

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