When should employees who have had COVID-19 return to work? How can employees be screened for the virus in the workplace? What privacy guidelines apply? Questions about workplace safety abound as businesses begin to re-open. The occupational health experts at ProCare Clinics have answers.

Professional medical screening keeps exposure to sick employees to a minimum, boosts employees’ confidence about coming back to work and avoids risk-exposure and non-compliance by employers. As the COVID-19 pandemic starts to subside, businesses are looking to return to work. The question for many business owners is, “When can my staff return to work and how can they do so as safely as possible?”

This article describes how occupational clinics are adapting to the current pandemic and what employers and injured workers should know about getting obtaining services through these providers – whether or not the business is operating or closed, and the patient’s condition is new or pre-existing.

Let's stay healthy together! We are committed to keeping a safe environment open to support your work related health. As we are seeing throughout our community, everyone is taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here are some important ways you can help.