Health Screening & Surveillance

Health surveillance is a system of ongoing health checks to monitor the health of employees exposed to specific risks through work. These checks can be statutory or voluntary for those who are exposed to noise or vibration, solvents, fumes, dust and other substances hazardous to health.

Health surveillance is about systematically watching out for early signs of work-related ill health in employees exposed to certain risks. The starting point is your risk assessment. Through this, you should have found out the health hazards in your workplace.

Some health and safety regulations require employers to provide health surveillance for their employees. Health surveillance is about systematically watching out for early signs of work-related ill health in employees exposed to certain risks. The starting point is your risk assessment. Through this, you should have found out the health hazards in your workplace.

HOHS can assist you in this process by carrying out health surveillance screening if your employees are at risk and risk assessments indicates. There are different surveillances carried out in an assessment, including: