[Medical clearance for missions abroad (EEU): definitions, recommendations for use and performance].
Standards for medical clearance for private or business missions abroad are--at least in the German speaking countries--not clearly defined and mostly derived from the old terminus "Tropentauglichkeit" which means fit for mission in the tropics. The authors now define a new standard, called "Entsendungstauglichkeitsuntersuchung" which means clearance of fitness for all types of missions abroad, independent of distinct climatic zones. To meet the inhomogenous requirements of different institutions and different types of missions the medical examination proposed follows a modular structure to optimize economic and medical use of resources. Moreover, as Austria, Germany and Switzerland have different legal and economic postulates, the medical examination has to be adapted to the different premises. The definition and description of this special type of "medical clearance for missions abroad" is supplemented by recommendations for definitions of clients who should undergo such an investigation and the professionals who should perform this type of investigation. Additionally, results of this type of medical clearance are defined and prophylactic aspects in terms of pre-travel advice are mentioned.
Kollaritsch
Herwig
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Institut für Spezifische Prophylaxe und Tropenmedizin, Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Medizinuniversität Wien, Wien, Osterreich. herwig.kollaritsch@meduniwien.ac.at
Wenisch
Christoph
C
Hatz
Christoph
C
von Laer
Gunther
G
Bauer
Bernd
B
Hollenstein
Ursula
U
Haditsch
Martin
M
Diridl
Gerhard
G
Malinowski
Waldemar
W
Jeschko
Eva
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Payer-Neundlinger
Gabriela
G
Speiser-Remp
Nicole
N
Pichler
Hannes E T
HE
Rumpold
Helmut
H
Stemberger
Heinrich
H
Eder
Gerald
G
Wiedermann
Gerhard
G
Wiedermann
Ursula
U
D001317:Austria; D005858:Germany; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards*; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D013557:Switzerland; D014330:Tropical Medicine / Q000592:standards*