ANNEX IV

Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) · European Union

PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HEALTH SURVEILLANCE OF WORKERS (Article 14(8)) 1. The doctor and/or the authority responsible for the health surveillance of workers exposed to biological agents must be familiar with the exposure conditions or circumstances of each worker. 2. Health surveillance of workers must be carried out in accordance with the principles and practices of occupational medicine: it must include at least the following measures: keeping records of a worker's medical and occupational history, a personalised assessment of the worker's state of health. where appropriate, biological monitoring, as well as detection of early and reversible effects. Further tests may be decided on for each worker when he is the subject of health surveillance, in the light of the most recent knowledge available to occupational medicine.

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