Good morning MCOH/E:
  I was curious to know what type of leaves you assign employees who have a work related infectious disease exposure and are instructed to stay home by employee health .

  Obviously , if through WC , it will only be compensable if they develop the infection and a true causative link is established.

  In some cases , employees will be kept off work pending results of their testing but if they test negative , they have to use sick time since their claim will most likely be denied .

  Are there any other types of leaves they can ge eligible for without having to drain their sick hours ? 

Thanks , 

Enass Awad A/Rahman,MD,MPH, FACOEM
UC Davis Health 
Sacramento, CA, 95817 


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