Hi
Bob
I
suppose it depends what you mean by documented history.
Letters from GP practices are good as are path reports from accredited
UK labs. However we are just starting a varicella screening and
vaccination programme and we are sending out our own 'declaration of varicella
status' forms. If the staff member signs the form saying they have had
chicken pox/shingles, or the vaccine already then we have to accept they
are immune and that is documented history.
We offer new employees the blood
test. Most take us up on the offer, some don't. But until a
vaccine can be offerred then it may be considered unnecessary, because we
can't do anything about it until a vaccine becomes available and it is
not going to restrict anyone's working
practices.
Out of interest, what are others of you who work
in the NHS doing re varicella?
Lindy
Hi everybody,
Can I please have your feedback regarding
unnecessary invasive procedures, (blood tests), especially the
requirement by some of our NHS colleagues for 'proof', (a laboratory
report), of antibody levels for varicella in medical students that have
a documented history of having had Chickenpox and/or shingles?
Regards, Bob
Robert Dunn TD
Senior OH Adviser /
Operations Manager
University of Oxford Occupational Health Service
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