FOOD HANDLERS

It is advisable and good practice that employees who work alone are medically assessed for fitness to handle, or work within close proximity of food products. The purpose of a Food handler assessment is to ensure the employee does not have any medical condition which could expose them to a higher degree of risk while working alone i.e. carrying a disease likely to be transmitted through food, presence of infected wounds or sores, or the presence of diarrhoea.

Food Handler Medical Consist of the following

Food handler medicals are used to determine if an individual is a carrier of any harmful pathogenic organisms. Bacteria, viruses and parasites are known to cause over 250 known food borne diseases and it is with medical tests and examinations that potentially dangerous spreads of disease can be stopped

Includes questions regarding any Health conditions currently present or any past medical conditions to evaluate the the risks that might be associated with the employee and the work that will be done

A series of questions that relates to the employees Family and their Health, thus indicating if the employee might be at risk to certain deceases that runs in the family

Measuring the Height of an employee

Weight measurement along with the height help determine the employees BMI which adds to a persons capability of doing certain tasks

Checking any physical abnormalities that might be present which may compromise ones ability to execute certain tasks

Blood pressure is what most call a silent killer. High blood pressure often has no symptoms. Over time, if untreated, it can cause health conditions, such as heart disease and stroke, thus it is very important to check as most people do not know when they have High blood pressure

Urinalysis is used to detect and manage a wide range of disorders, such as urinary tract infections, kidney disease and diabetes. A urinalysis involves checking the appearance, concentration and content of urine. Abnormal urinalysis results may point to a disease or illness.

On a Snellen chart we determine the line that the person can just recognize. If that line is twice as large as the reference standard (20/20), that means that the test subject sees at 20 feet what a person with normal vision sees at 40 feet. Another way of saying this is that a person with 20/40 vision has vision that is only half as good as normal – or, objects must be at half the normal distance for him to see them

Our portable high-frequency audiometer featuring booth-free operation and high frequency hearing testing up to 16 kHz as well as all the diagnostic tools that monitors ambient noise in real-time further ensures the quality of tests, thus certifying accurate results to detect and combat early signs of hearing loss

Spirometry measures how much air you can breathe in and out. It also measures how fast you can empty the air out of your lungs. This is one of the most common pulmonary function tests. This test helps diagnose breathing problems such as asthma and COPD.

All persons undertaking a medical must complete the COVID-19 questionnaire which is accompanied with a Temperature measurement To reduce the risk of spread of COVID–19 in the workplace

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