Employee Health Monitoring
Why is workplace health monitoring important?
Employee health monitoring should be a cornerstone of any health and safety policy. Healthy employees are guaranteed to improve productivity, reduce risk, and increase workplace safety and wellbeing.
Employees health need to be monitored and maintained like any equipment or machinery in your business. Failure monitors your employee’s health and wellbeing could have serious implications. Risks associated with unmonitored staff include serious deterioration in the health of employees, permanent irreversible damage to employee’s health or the employee being in danger of hurting themselves or others in your company.
Benefits of having your staff undergo regular health monitoring will result in increased productivity of employees with reduced absenteeism. Absent staff and ill health of employees will end up costing companies in reduced productivity and increased labour costs.
What test are usually included in Employee Health Monitoring?
- Blood Pressure & Pulse
- Height, Weight, and BMI (obesity) and/or Waist Measurements
- Cholesterol Test
- Diabetes Test
- Smoking cessation advice
- Assessment of risk factors
- Promotional materials for office areas and
- Lifestyle Discussion
What other tests do OHSMED offer to staff as part of health monitoring for employees?
- Hearing Tests (Audiometry)
- Lung Function Testing (Spirometry)
- Vision Screening
Those employees with below normal results are referred to the appropriate medical professional for further assessment.
Health monitoring is tailored to your company and dependent on employee’s specific exposure. It is followed by a full report and recommendations.
Contact OHSMED today for all your employee and staff health monitoring services. Call us or email us to discuss a tailored package to provide the appropriate tests for your workforce and organisation.