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The need to carry out health
surveillance, monitoring or
screening should be determined
by a rigorous risk assessment
process under the terms of the
Safety, Health & Welfare at Work
Act, 2005.
The Pre employment health
assessment will identify any
risks that the employee may be
exposed to in the workplace and
will determine whether or not
the person should be enrolled in
a formal health surveillance
programme for the duration of
their employment. The
company’s risk assessment (and
safety statement) should also
identify those workers, or
groups of workers who require
statutory health surveillance. Good
occupational health practice
dictates that all other means of
controlling hazards (in
accordance with the hierarchy of
risk controls) will have already
been implemented before
considering health surveillance
as a ‘final’ control in ensuring
worker health.
Health surveillance is likely to
be necessary where there is
exposure to, put not exclusive
of:
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Carcinogens
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Dangerous pathogens;
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Sensitisers, eg: substances
causing occupational asthma
(including animal sources
and substances causing
allergic dermatitis)
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Noise/vibration;
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Substances with recognised
systemic toxicity, e.g. lead
and asbestos
Our
Health Surveillance Programmes
include:
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Hearing conservation
including audiometric
testing
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Lung Function Testing by
Spirometry
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Respiratory Surveillance
Questionnaire
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Visual Display Unit
Screening
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Skin Surveillance
questionnaire
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Blood Analysis
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Vision screening which
include
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Distance vision testing
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Intermediate Vision
testing (VDU users)
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Near Vision testing
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Colour vision testing
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Visual field and depth
perception testing
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