ROWAN UNIVERSITY POLICY

Title: Housestaff Immunizations and Health Requirements
Subject: Health Services
Policy No: SOM: 2013:03
Applies: School of Osteopathic Medicine
Issuing Authority: Dean, School of Osteopathic Medicine
Responsible Officer: Dean, School of Osteopathic Medicine (signature)Medicine 
Adopted: 07/12/2012
Last Revision: 01/29/2015

I. PURPOSE

To prevent or reduce the risk of transmission of vaccine-preventable and other communicable diseases between RowanSOM medical interns and residents (housestaff) and their patients and other persons at RowanSOM and RowanSOM-affiliated health care units.

II. ACCOUNTABILITY

The Dean shall ensure compliance with this policy. The Associate Deans or other administrators responsible for graduate medical education, and the individual Program Directors shall implement this policy in conjunction with the campus Occupational Medicine Service.

III. APPLICABILITY

This policy shall apply to all interns and residents (including clinical fellows), hereinafter called "house officers" or "housestaff," enrolled in any RowanSOM-sponsored graduate medical education program conducted in any health-care facility participating in the program, and all visiting, exchange or special-program housestaff from other institutions. New housestaff will preferably be in full compliance with this policy prior to beginning their programs, but must be in full compliance within six months of beginning their duties.

IV. DEFINITIONS

RowanSOM - sponsored graduate education program is one for which RowanSOM maintains academic responsibility.

V. REFERENCES

1. Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Policy: Tuberculosis Surveillance
2. Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Policy: HIV, HBV and HCV
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-care Settings, 2005, MMWR 2005; 54 (RR-17), i-141.
4. National Research Council, Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997.
5. Immunization of Health-Care Personnel: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), MMWR 2011;60(No. RR-7).
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health- Care Settings – 2003. MMWR 2003;52(No. RR-17).
7. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, "Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens," 29 CFR Part 1910.1030. 

VI. POLICY

A. Immunization and Health Requirements

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