Anyone out there assessing medical students?
How are you dealing with effects of the revised DOH guidance on assessing
e-antigen negative surgeons?
Our policy till now has been to exclude applicants who are HBsAg positive,
HBeAg positive, but accept those HBsAg positive, HBeAg negative. This fits
with current, though now out-dated GMC guidance ("Fitness & conduct of
medical students.") The GMC are reviewing in the light of the DoH guidance,
but not yet decided.
What are you doing?
* Accepting only HBsAg negatives?
* Still deciding on basis of e-antigen status?
* Arranging viral load tests?
* Pondering?
Dr. Alan Swann, BM, AFOM
Director of Occupational Health
Occupational Health Service
Imperial College Health Centre
Watts Way
London
SW7 1 LU
Tel: +44 (20) 7594 9385
Fax: +44 (20) 7594 9407
http://www.ad.ic.ac.uk/occ_health/ <http://www.ad.ic.ac.uk/occ_health/>
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