Health Surveillance and Health Examinations
The surveillance of worker's health is made through various types of health examinations. The main purpose of health examinations is to assess the suitability of a worker to carry out certain jobs, to assess any health impairment which may be related to the exposure to harmful agents inherent in the work process and to identify cases of occupational diseases which may have resulted from exposures at work. The following types of health examinations are carried out either on the basis of regulations or as a part of good occupational health practice:
- Pre-assignment (pre-employment) health examinations
- Periodic health examinations
- Return to work health examinations
- General health examinations
- Health examinations at termination or after ending of service
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