N95 mask fittings/PPD walk-in clinics

Don't forget that having your mask fit test and PPD completed in a timely manner is part of your job requirements. If you're due or past-due for these tests, you can come to one of these clinics without an appointment:

Monday, June 22
Foothills Chairman's Room
12-1:30 pm

Wednesday, June 24
Alcove outside Gene Wilson
12:30-2:30 pm

Job Requirements

As of July 1, 2009, you must keep up to date on the following or you will not be allowed to work:

• On Performance Manager: Fire Safety, Hazardous Materials, Emergency Preparedness, Hand Hygiene, Bloodborne Pathogens, Understanding TB, and Infection Control.
• Employee Health: Documentation of immunity to measles/mumps/rubella, PPD & N95 mask fit test, proof of immunity to Hep B (or sign waiver declining vaccine).

These requirements must be fulfilled by June 30, 2009 or you cannot work. You will be sent a letter 90 days before the due date reminding you if you are due for employee health requirements. Directors will get a list of those not in compliance on a monthly basis.

To schedule an appointment with Employee Health, call ext. 2108. If you have questions about Performance Manager, talk to Kate in HR @ ext. 2426. Don't forget, there is a link to Performance Manager on the lower right hand side of the blog!

Swine Flu public info sources

• Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/swineflu - This is a great resource, with pretty much everything you'd ever want to know. You can sign up for email updates through the CDC here.
• Boulder County Public Health: http://www.bouldercounty.org/health
• Colorado Dept. of Public Health: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/

Click on the green box on the lower right hand side of the blog to link to the Dept. of HHS and CDC. More information will be posted that is specific to BCH when it becomes available.

Are you current on your N95 mask fit test? Call Employee Health to get your fit test completed.

Varicella Titers

Employee Health is sending out memos for everyone to provide proof of immunity to varicella. Please wait to receive this memo before you have a blood titer drawn. The lab requisition must accompany the blood specimen in order for it to be processed correctly.

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.

TB skin test/mask fit walk-in clinics

If you are due or past-due for your annual TB skin test or N95 mask fit, you may attend one of the three clinics being held this month. No appointments are needed.

March 2 - Foothills Chairman's Room, Noon - 2 pm
March 16 & 17 - Broadway alcove outside Gene Wilson, 7:30 am - 5 pm (during the Safety Fair)