BRCGS 7.3 Medical Screening for Return or Visit to Site after foreign travel or holiday
I am reviewing our site Medical Screening procedure. There is reference to Medical Screening for Return/Visit to Site after foreign travel or holiday. The BRCGS standard and interpretation don't seem to specifically mention this.
I guess the thought behind this is potentially increased or different exposure to infectious diseases
Is this a throw back to a previous standard version?
How do you approach this at your site?
My site is located in the UK.
Is there any guidance on which countries may be a cause for concern or should all foreign trips be subject to Technical review?
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Hi Prop Tech,
We use a similar form for returning to work after holiday. Based in UK also.
Ours ask if you have been to a foreign country and then it would be down to current situations to evaluate the threat the country poses. I.e.: Africa and Yellow Fever/ Malaria, or certain countries with a high rate of Monkey Pox etc.
If you need a guide on Monkey Pox - see below. From the Institute of Food Safety at Cornell University.
jst23 how do you manage/police staff informing you of their intention to travel abroad? I feel I would be better to go down the route of 'Staff are asked to inform the management team when they travel abroad' rather than 'Staff Must inform'. We have a lot of staff and to be honest I would have no idea if most of them were in their back gardens or kayaking the congo.
jst23 how do you manage/police staff informing you of their intention to travel abroad? I feel I would be better to go down the route of 'Staff are asked to inform the management team when they travel abroad' rather than 'Staff Must inform'. We have a lot of staff and to be honest I would have no idea if most of them were in their back gardens or kayaking the congo.
Being a smaller team I imagine it is a lot easier.
Other that requesting staff inform your of there travels. Upon their return to work staff are asked if they've been aboard and if so: Where. What more can you really do to police it?