Flu Vaccine Consent Form For Employees: Fill & Download for Free

As a general rule, I think most cities and towns in the USA have medical office buildings, single office settings, multilple office settings, or, of course, in-hospital offices where physicians work. The setting where a physician works can be any of these, or can be a room in a private home or other building, as long as the office follows guidelines for; Infection Control (which covers everything from how clean the floors and exam tables are to how instruments are sanitized or sterilized [as appropriate], to ensuring all single-use equipment is sanitary or sterile and can be appropriately disposed of); guidelines of CDC (Centers for Disease Control); guidelines of OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Act), which covers the physician as his own employee at the office, plus any nurses, medical assistants, receptionists, cleaning staff or other employees in terms of their health and safety being maintained at their work environment, including everything from how the floors are cleaned every day to how a blood spill is managed to where used needles are stored and how medical waste is disposed of; plus, he has to have his Malpractice Insurance up to date and on file; plus he needs to have proper documentation of every single employee there, from demographics to annual education sessions and health documentation like TB tests and flu vaccines; PLUS, there has to be IRS paperwork for every employee in the office or otherwise employed by the physician through his practice at that physical address. Plus, lots more “stuff”.It is worth mentioning, too, that if a physician is seeing patients from a home-based office and is billing private or commercial insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, and others, that the physician must not only have a legal business based at the address, but the employment of the physician needs to be either OF HIMSELF, plus his employees (if any), OR of another physician-based group office practice of which they are a legal satellite office, OR of a hospital or other medical facility of which they are a legal satellite office. Plus, then there is the subject of maintaining medical records on-site AND at the other office of which they may be a satellite, whether paper, electronic or “mixed”. Even if there is one form with a signature (for consent for treatnebt or billing or whatever) on it, then there has to be a Paper chart, including demographics, proof of ID, proof of insurance information, copies of encounter forms and billing forms, plus, plus, plus….And, that’s just the beginning. The house itself has to have access for any disabled patient(s), including electronic door opening system, wheelchair accessible entrance/exits, and bathrooms equipped for use by the disabled as well. Plus parking for disabled patients, and regular patient vehicles.I think that it’s clear why when Marcus Welby, M.D. retired, that his successors worked in office buildings and hospitals, regardless of who employed them. In order to use their private home as an office, it has to meet SO many rules, regulations, plans, policies and so on, that it’s not usually feasible. PLUS, in order to bill, the practice has to meet guidelines set forth by insurances far and wide, Federal, State and commercial, and so on.SO, while I cannot say absolutely NOT, it would seem incredibly unlikely that physicians these days in most places would see patients in their own homes and be able to bill for it.

Legally? That depends on the pertinent legislation in the respective country.Morally, and rationally? That depends as well. Foremost on the magnitude of the actual danger an unvaccinated person represents for people. If you believe you can force others to get vaccinated, why don’t you just get vaccinated yourself and forget those others?Injecting something into the body of someone without consent is not a matter to be taken lightly. There need to be very good reasons — compelling and irrefutable reasons — to mandate this. And “he is going to infect others” is not by itself such a reason, certainly not in the case of covid-19. Covid-19 is not the plague.Where do we draw the line? Why not force people to get vaccinated against influenza? Or against pathogen X, whatever it may be? The Sars-Cov-2 virus is not dramatically more dangerous or more fatal than an aggressive strain of influenza, which we are visited by every few years. Perhaps two to three times as much on average, for older people. The mortality of children has remained completely unaffected.We have been quite able in the past to ignore the many victims of seasonal respiratory illnesses. So, what is actually different this time? Could we, perhaps, at least begin to realise that the death panic our society has descended into might have rather little basis in reality?Thus, for employees in the health sector who have regular contact with highly vulnerable people, a vaccination mandate may be conceivable and justified. For any other occupation it seems rather doubtful.On a personal note: I have gotten my regular flu shot for years, and I will continue to do so. I’m a great fan of vaccination — influenza, yellow fever, pertussis, MMR, what have you. I had them all. And when it is my turn I will get the covid shot as well.But if someone were to force it on me, threatening me with losing my job, on no serious grounds? Even if that someone were parliament itself I would consider it a violation of my most intimate autonomy. I would fight it all the way, up to the constitutional court. And I would win that case.

No medical procedure, invasive or non invasive can be performed without the informed consent of the recipient. However, a flu shot for health care workers in a hospital has far too many benefits and it is difficult to understand why would someone refuse it. Health care workers in a hospital setting are at the front line of performing health services and are at an increased risk of acquiring communicable diseases and in some situation, they can also infect the patients, if they themselves are suffering from flu. While a flu shot never provides complete protection from seasonal flu but it is still highly recommended for many sub groups and health care workers is one of them.