Periodic health examination
Topic: Community health
An examination repeated at regular intervals while the work continues. Under the Turkish regulation on workplace physicians and other health personnel, it is repeated at least every 5 years in less hazardous work, every 3 years in hazardous work and every year in very hazardous work, and at least every 6 months for child, young and pregnant workers; the workplace physician may shorten these intervals. When a worker receives a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of occupational disease, coworkers in the same environment are examined again.
- Also known as:
- Periodic medical examination
- In Turkish:
- Periyodik sağlık muayenesi
What does Periodic health examination mean?
Periodic health examination is part of the Community health topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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