Utah Admin. Code R432-725-7 - Health Surveillance
(1) The agency
shall establish and implement a policy and procedure for health screening of
all agency health care workers (persons with direct client contact) to identify
any situation which would prevent the employee from performing assigned duties
in a satisfactory manner.
(2)
Employee health screening and immunization components of personnel health
programs shall be developed in accordance with R386-702, Communicable Disease
Rules.
(3) Employee skin testing by
the Mantoux method or other FDA approved in-vitro serologic test and follow up
for tuberculosis shall be done in accordance with R388-804, Special Measures
for the Control of Tuberculosis.
(a) The
licensee shall ensure that all employees are skin-tested for tuberculosis
within two weeks of:
(i) initial
hiring;
(ii) suspected exposure to
a person with active tuberculosis; and
(iii) development of symptoms of
tuberculosis.
(b) Skin
testing shall be exempted for all employees with known positive reaction to
skin tests.
(4) All
infections and communicable diseases reportable by law shall be reported by the
facility to the local health department in accordance with
R386-702-2.
Notes
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