title: [Medical clearance for missions abroad (EEU): definitions, recommendations for use and performance].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Spezifische Prophylaxe und Tropenmedizin, Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Medizinuniversität Wien, Wien, Osterreich. herwig.kollaritsch@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Herwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kollaritsch
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wenisch
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hatz
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Laer
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hollenstein
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haditsch
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diridl
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Malinowski
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jeschko
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Payer-Neundlinger
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Speiser-Remp
authors.forename: Hannes E T
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Pichler
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rumpold
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stemberger
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eder
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wiedermann
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wiedermann
mesh_terms: 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*