New Employee Health Requirement

Employee health is now requiring all employees, physicians, and volunteers to provide proof of Varicella (chicken pox). Proof of immunity includes one of the following:

• 2 documented doses of Varicella vaccine
• A copy of a "positive" Varicella blood titer
• A copy of a signed statement from your physician stating you have had the chicken pox or shingles (edited 3/19/09 @ 8:40 pm).

Employee Health will be sending out memos and lab requisitions to everyone who does not have the above documentation in their file. The memo will give you instructions for obtaining the blood draw and charging it to Employee Health.

It will take a while to get everyone up-to-date, and memos will go out to employees throughout 2009. Once you receive the memo, you have 3 weeks to obtain documentation or blood test. The titer results become part of your Employee Health immunization record. You will be contacted by Employee Health only if you are not immune to Varicella.

Please call any member of the Employee Health Staff if you have any questions 3-441-0451.