Medical Surveillance Technician

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Duties and responsibilities:   Medical screening and medical surveillance are two fundamental strategies for optimizing employee health. Although the terms are often used interchangeably, they are quite distinct concepts. Medical screening is, in essence, only one component of a comprehensive medical surveillance program. The fundamental purpose of screening is early diagnosis and treatment of the individual and thus has a clinical focus. The fundamental purpose of surveillance is to detect and eliminate the underlying causes such as hazards or exposures of any discovered trends and thus has a prevention focus. Both can contribute significantly to the success of work site health and safety programs. 

Salary; $32,291

Education: If clinical laboratory studies and/or biological monitoring is contemplated, a rational approach to selecting clinical studies would consider the toxicity patterns of the drugs to which workers are exposed. Medical surveillance program results should be examined in aggregate for trends that may be a sign of health changes because of exposure to hazardous drugs. If health changes are found during follow-up evaluations, the employer should

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? No a mí no me gustaria estudiar este tipo de carrera, porque no me llama  la atención pero a la vez no dijo que es una mala carera