Compulsory Screening and Vaccination Programmes for High Occupational Risk Students |
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The following programmes are provided to ensure that students receive adequate protection before their practicum / clinical years. Compulsory Tuberculin Skin Test/BCG Vaccination Screening All new students of Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, Dental Surgery, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Speech & Hearing Sciences and Social Work are required to bring along the completed Tuberculin Skin Test and BCG Vaccination Questionnaire to the Test/Screening Session. Those unsure of or without past history of BCG Vaccination will have Tuberculin Skin Test accordingly. After the Skin Test, you need to come back for the result 3 days later. Those with negative response will be given BCG vaccination. Hepatitis B Vaccination All new students of Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, Dental Surgery, Medicine, Nursing and Speech & Hearing Sciences are strongly recommended to protect themselves against Hepatitis B. You are required to bring along the completed Hepatitis B Questionnaire and should come for the Health Orientation Talk and Hepatitis B blood test on August 23, 2016. You must also come back for the Hepatitis B result on August 30, 2016. Those with negative response will be given Hepatitis B vaccination. Chickenpox Vaccination All new students of Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, Medicine and Nursing are required to bring along the completed Chickenpox Questionnaires. Those unsure of or without past history of chickenpox infection will have blood test for chickenpox immunity on August 23, 2016. Arrangement will be made for those who are negative for chickenpox antibody to receive 2 doses of vaccination. If you already received 2 doses of Chickenpox vaccination, please bring along the vaccination record on August 23, 2016, you can be exempt from the Chickenpox blood test if appropriate. |