This session will provide an overview of several aspects of medical screening and surveillance as part of an Occupational Health Program. Screening for overall employee health and wellness should ...

AMID concern for profit and production, employee health is often overlooked in the occupational setting. One method of maintaining worker health is through the implementation of work site medical ...

More than 1.7 million patient injuries and 83,000 deaths have been linked to defective medical equipment over a 10-year span. The Food and Drug Administration is building a surveillance platform as ...

A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employers institute medical surveillance programs for health care workers who are occupationally ...

This program outlines the MIOSHA requirement that employees be provided the opportunity to receive medical consultation and examination whenever they develop signs and symptoms of chemical ...

The Occupational Health Surveillance System (OHSS) is a computer-based system for conducting a risk assessment and corresponding medical evaluation for employees with exposure to animal biohazards, ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has changed the content and frequency of medical assessments required by the Respiratory Protection Standard. The revised Standard contains a ...

FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus's main entrance and houses the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The FDA campus is located at 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD ...

In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers critically evaluated the performance of public health surveillance systems in detecting coronavirus disease 2019 ...

Randy Lipps, CEO of Omnicell, knew his medical surveillance technology was working when a certain hospital group (kept anonymous because of medical privacy concerns) reported a sharp spike in actions ...