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5 ways medical surveillance benefits you
Health and Safety Bulletin | 20 July, 2010 | Hot Topics:
Inside this issue...
- Sven and Stephanie are waiting to help you...
- Our other panel of qualified professionals give you all the employee advice you need
Dear Reader,
I’m not sure if I’ve ever introduced you to the panel of experts who assist me in bringing you the essential tips you need to ensure your business is running parallel to health and safety compliance.
Two of our resident consultants specialise in occupational health and safety. Sven Marcus and Stephanie Kruger have contributed to a great many of the chapters in the Health and Safety Advisor, specifically focused on maintaining the health and wellbeing of employees in the workplace. One such chapter centred on the necessity for medical surveillance in your business, and included the five ways medical surveillance will reduce hazards...
5 ways medical surveillance benefits you
Medical surveillance will help you:
- Establish whether the candidate is physically and mentally suitable for the performance of the work requirements of the job.
- Establish a baseline of the employee’s health, against which you can measure any future changes in health.
- Identify possible risk of deterioration in the employee’s health status, which might be impacted by the job process and work environment.
- Identify abnormal trends in the health status of a targeted group of employees or of a single employee over time.
- Use any results obtained to highlight problem areas and to enable effective preventative strategies.
Sven and Stephanie are waiting to help you...
...in other ways related to occupational health in your company. If you’re looking for Johannesburg-based services, feel free to contact them:
Office number: 012 842 1095
Cell: 074 120 9370
Fax: 086 557 1616
Email: sven.marcus@sanofi-aventis.com
In the name of safety,
Christel Fouché
Editor-in-chief: Health and Safety Advisor
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Editors note
Liana Meadon
Health & Safety Bulletin Editor
The Health & Safety Bulletin keeps our readers in the loop regarding health and safety, through updates regarding reported incidents in the news and questions our health and safety expert Wilna Louw answers. It’s also a platform for subscribers to send in any issues they’re currently experiencing in their workplace.
