{"id":352,"date":"2020-02-27T11:29:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T11:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.acumed.com.sg\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:17:43","slug":"occupations-and-hazards-requiring-statutory-medical-examinations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.acumed.com.sg\/occupations-and-hazards-requiring-statutory-medical-examinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupations and Hazards Requiring\u00a0Statutory Medical Examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Manpower requires employers to send their employees who are exposed to certain occupational hazards for pre-placement and regular medical examinations.<\/p>\n<p>These medical examinations aren\u2019t general checkups. They are\u00a0<strong>specific tests<\/strong>\u00a0for the types of hazard involved, and can only be conducted by Designated Workplace Doctors.<\/p>\n<p>These tests allow early detection of occupational diseases and ensure that employees remain fit for such work. They also help you gauge whether existing control measures are effective.<\/p>\n<p>We have a group of Designated Workplace Doctors, and will be happy to guide you along to ensure that you meet MOM\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n<p>To help you understand better, AcuMed has summarized the type of hazards, industries and also tests required below:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Arsenic or any of its compounds<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact with pesticides in wood tanning and wood preservation<\/li>\n<li>Semiconductor manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Alloy (copper \/ lead) manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Smelting of arsenical ores<\/li>\n<li>Pigment manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Anti-fouling paint manufacturing \/ usage<\/li>\n<li>Sawing, sanding and burning of wood treated with arsenical preservatives<\/li>\n<li>Contact with herbicide, pesticide, defoliant, animal and poultry feed with arsenic compounds as additives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical Examination<\/li>\n<li>Urine arsenic<\/li>\n<li>Liver function tests (Blood test)<\/li>\n<li>Full-sized chest x-ray examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Urine arsenic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Asbestos<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Renovation\/ demolition of structures with asbestos material<\/li>\n<li>Ship breaking and repairs where asbestos is used as structural material<\/li>\n<li>Insulation work, e.g., replacement and removal of asbestos insulation<\/li>\n<li>Handling of asbestos products, e.g., fire proof cloth and gaskets<\/li>\n<li>Repair and replacement of asbestos brake linings by car and bus mechanics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Full-size chest x-ray examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 36\u00a0months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Full-size chest x-ray examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Benzene<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Petrochemical workers, E.g. workers involved in manufacturing of benzene<\/li>\n<li>Petrol retailers, e.g. At oil terminals, service stations, airport terminal workers (contact with aviation gasoline)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing of some types of plastics, synthetic fibers and nylon (cyclohexane), detergents, synthetic resins, butadiene rubber, styrene, phenol, lubricants, dyes and pesticide.<\/li>\n<li>Laboratories, e.g., use of benzene in analytical techniques<\/li>\n<li>Work involving use of commercial solvents such as toluene and xylene<\/li>\n<li>Work involving handling of fuels containing benzene, e.g., vehicle workshops<\/li>\n<li>Bulk storage terminals contact with petrol and related products, benzene etc<\/li>\n<li>Handling of benzene-containing waste material<\/li>\n<li>Sampling of waste water from plants handling benzene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of employment)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Haemoglobin (Hb)<\/li>\n<li>Full blood count\u2013total white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets; Peripheral blood film (PBF<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Urinary tt-muconic acid or s-phenylmercapturic acid<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Estimation of Urinary tt-muconic acid or s-phenylmercapturic acid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Cadmium or any of its compounds<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Handling of cadmium-containing waste<\/li>\n<li>Sampling of waste water from plants handling cadmium<\/li>\n<li>Cadmium electroplating<\/li>\n<li>Plastics manufacturing, compounding of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)<\/li>\n<li>Nickel-cadmium battery manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Pigment manufacture and use<\/li>\n<li>Alloy manufacture<\/li>\n<li>Fungicides use and manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Silver brazing, welding on cadmium-containing alloys<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of refrigerators, air-conditioners, television picture tubes, semiconductors, photo-cells &amp; fluorescent lamps, and neutron absorber in nuclear reactors<\/li>\n<li>Jewellery manufacture<\/li>\n<li>Automobile and aircraft industries<\/li>\n<li>Smelting and refining of Zn, Pb or Cu ores and scrap processing<\/li>\n<li>Spray painting using cadmium-containing paints, removal of cadmium paints by blasting or scraping<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of cadmium telluride solar panels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Blood cadmium<\/li>\n<li>Urine Beta2 \u2013 microglobulin (U-\u03b22 m) estimation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Blood cadmium<\/li>\n<li>Urine Beta2 \u2013 microglobulin (U-\u03b22 m) estimation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Compressed air environment<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tunnelling or shaft sinking operations in water bearing strata<\/li>\n<li>Caisson work on river beds<\/li>\n<li>Medical lock attendants<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare staff who oversee medical treatments conducted in hyperbaric chambers<\/li>\n<li>Checking for leaks within pressurised compartments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 30 days before employment)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical Examination<\/li>\n<li>Height, weight and body fat estimation<\/li>\n<li>Dipstick urinalysis<\/li>\n<li>Lung Function tests\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Resting electrocardiography (35 yrs. and above),<\/li>\n<li>Treadmill exercise tests (when indicated)<\/li>\n<li>Audiometry air conduction. If abnormal, to include bone conduction testing and auroscopic examination<\/li>\n<li>Full blood count and peripheral blood flim<\/li>\n<li>Test in lock (to 10 meters)<\/li>\n<li>Full size chest X-ray<\/li>\n<li>Radiographic examination of shoulder, hip and knee joints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Periodic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clinical Examination<\/strong>, under the following senarios:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not less than once in every 3 months for working pressures not exceeding 1 bar<\/li>\n<li>Not less than once in every 4 weeks for working; pressures at or exceeding 1 bar<\/li>\n<li>Not more than 3 days prior to reemployment in compressed air environment:<\/li>\n<li>After a worker has suffered from a cold, chest infection, sore throat or earache; and<\/li>\n<li>After a worker has suffered from any illness or injury necessitating absence from work for more than 3 consecutive days.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>After a worker has not been employed for &gt; 14 consecutive days<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12 Monthly Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Height, weight and body fat estimation<\/li>\n<li>Dipstick urinalysis<\/li>\n<li>Lung Function tests\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Resting electrocardiography (35 yrs. and above)<\/li>\n<li>Treadmill exercise tests (when indicated)<\/li>\n<li>Audiometry air conduction. If abnormal, to include bone conduction testing and auroscopic examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12 Monthly<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>or just before stopping work, whichever is earlier (for working pressures at or exceeding 1 bar)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Radiographic examination of shoulder, hip and knee joints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Excessive Noise<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shipbuilding &amp; repairing mechanics<\/li>\n<li>Crushers, drillers, etc. working at quarries<\/li>\n<li>Engineering works\u2013grinding, sawing involving high velocity equipment<\/li>\n<li>Iron and steel mills, other heavy metal industries<\/li>\n<li>Metal working industries, e.g., making of ball and roller bearings, nuts, bolts and screws, metal cans<\/li>\n<li>Woodworking industry<\/li>\n<li>Textile industry<\/li>\n<li>Paper industry<\/li>\n<li>Engine testing, e.g., jet engines;<\/li>\n<li>Industries with bottling processes and operations involving cans and metal boxes<\/li>\n<li>Landscaping \u2013 use of leaf blowers, lawnmowers and trimmers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audiometry Air Conduction<\/li>\n<li>Bone conduction and auroscopic examination should be done if any of the air conduction result &gt; 30 dB(A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audiometry Air Conduction<\/li>\n<li>Bone conduction and auroscopic examination should be done if any of the air conduction result &gt; 30 dB(A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Lead or any of its compounds<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manufacture and use of lead stabilisers in PVC compounding<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of lead-acid storage batteries (accumulators)<\/li>\n<li>Burning, welding or cutting of lead-coated structures, e.g., shipbreakers and welders<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture and use of ammunition, e.g., firing range instructors<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture and use of lead-based paints<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of solder and alloys<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture and use of glazes for porcelain, enamels, tiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical Examination<\/li>\n<li>Haemoglobin level<\/li>\n<li>For organic lead exposure, urine lead level<\/li>\n<li>For inorganic lead exposure, blood lead level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 6\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical Examination<\/li>\n<li>Haemoglobin level<\/li>\n<li>For organic lead exposure, urine lead level<\/li>\n<li>For inorganic lead exposure, blood lead level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Manganese or any of its compounds<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Milling of manganese ore<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of dry-cell batteries (manganese dioxide)<\/li>\n<li>Iron and steel industry as a reagent to reduce sulphur and oxygen<\/li>\n<li>Manganese electroplating<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of paints, varnishes, inks and dyes, fertilisers, feed additives, disinfectants and bleaching agents, glass and ceramics (decolouriser and colouring agent)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of matches and fireworks; Manufacture of potassium permanganate;<\/li>\n<li>Welding operations with manganese-coated rods<\/li>\n<li>Water treatment<\/li>\n<li>Exposure to fuel additive methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) and mangafodipir to increase octane level of gasoline and improve anti-knock properties of fuel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Urine manganese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Urine manganese\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Mercury or any of its compounds<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electrolytic production of sodium hydroxide, chlorine and acetic acid (as a fluid cathode);<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of artificial silk and scientific instruments (e.g., barometers, thermometers), electrical equipment (e.g. batteries and meters), mercury vapour and incandescent lamps, X-ray tubes and radio valves<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of amalgams (with copper tin, silver or gold) and solders (with lead and tin)<\/li>\n<li>Plating of gold, silver, bronze and tin (jewelers)<\/li>\n<li>Paint and pigment manufacture<\/li>\n<li>Tanning and dyeing, felt making;<\/li>\n<li>Used as a catalyst in the chemical industry, e.g., production of acetic acid and acetaldehyde from acetylene<\/li>\n<li>Taxidermy<\/li>\n<li>Photography and photogravure<\/li>\n<li>Mining and extraction; extracting gold and silver from ores<\/li>\n<li>Laboratories<\/li>\n<li>Dentistry (i.e., amalgams)<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Brewery (analysis for protein content in malt)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Organic Mercury<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manufacture and use of certain pharmaceutical products (e.g., antiseptics, germicides, diuretics and contraceptives)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture and use of pesticides (e.g., algicides, fungicides, herbicides)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture and use of paints and waxes (e.g., antifouling paints, preservatives in paints, latex paints, fungus proofing of fabrics, paper, wood)<\/li>\n<li>Used as catalysts and alkylating agents in the chemical industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>For inorganic mercury exposure, estimation of<span>\u00a0<\/span><u>urinary<\/u><span>\u00a0<\/span>mercury<\/li>\n<li>For organic mercury exposure, estimation of<span>\u00a0<\/span><u>blood<\/u><span>\u00a0<\/span>mercury concentration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>For inorganic mercury exposure, estimation of\u00a0<u>urinary<\/u><span>\u00a0<\/span>mercury<\/li>\n<li>For organic mercury exposure, estimation of<span>\u00a0<\/span><u>blood<\/u><span>\u00a0<\/span>mercury concentration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Organophosphates<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horticulture\u2013gardeners, greenhouse workers;<\/li>\n<li>Agriculture\u2013garden pest control operators, farmers;<\/li>\n<li>Vector control operators;<\/li>\n<li>Formulation and manufacture of organophosphates, e.g., insecticide sprays;<\/li>\n<li>Laboratory workers analysing organophosphates; and packing and redistribution of organophosphates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Red blood cell acetylcholinesterase estimation<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Plasma cholinesterase estimation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 6\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Red blood cell acetylcholinesterase estimation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Perchloroethylene<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dry cleaning in laundries;<\/li>\n<li>Degreasing and cleaning of metal parts and equipment in metalworking, automotive, aircraft, aerospace industries and shipyards;<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning of lenses in the optical industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Mid of workweek end-of-shift urinary trichloroacetic acid (U-TCA) + Liver Function Tests (Serum bilirubin, Alkaline phosphatase, Asparate aminotransferase, Alanine aminotransferase and Gamma glutamyl transferase).<br \/>\nFor exposures that are irregular or intermittent, the test should be done at the end of the exposure period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Urinary trichloroacetic acid (U-TCA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Cotton Dust<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raw cotton processing in textile industry<\/li>\n<li>Carding, opening, spinning, winding, drawing, twisting, weaving, and harvesting of cotton. (separating fibers and forming them into bundles of roughly parallel fibers)<\/li>\n<li>Raw cotton processing in other industries, e.g., preparation of substrate for growing of mushrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical history and examination<\/li>\n<li>Pre- shift lung function test on the first day of the working week<\/li>\n<li>Post-shift\u00a0lung function test to be done after at least 6 hours of exposure on the same day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical history and examination<\/li>\n<li>Pre- shift lung function test on the first day of the working week<\/li>\n<li>Post-shift\u00a0lung function test to be done after at least 6 hours of exposure on the same day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Silica<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mining, quarrying and tunnelling of siliceous rocks (e.g. granite, sandstone, slate, mica, silica containing coal or metal ores);<\/li>\n<li>Abrasive blasting using siliceous grains (e.g., sandstone, sand, quartzite and flint)<\/li>\n<li>Stone cutting, dressing, polishing, cleaning and monumental masonry (including tombstone engraving) using granite and sandstone<\/li>\n<li>Construction (e.g., jack hammering, drilling of silica or silicon dioxide-containing material like sand, sandstone, quartz and granite)<\/li>\n<li>Maintenance and repair of refractories (furnace linings)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of ceramics (chinaware, porcelain, earthenware) and refractories<\/li>\n<li>Foundries (mould breaking and fettling)<\/li>\n<li>Rubber milling (using calcium carbonate containing silica)<\/li>\n<li>Enameling using quartz, feldspar, metal oxides and carbonates<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing of abrasive soaps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Full size chest x-ray examination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 36\u00a0Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Full size chest x-ray examination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Tar, Pitch, Bitumen &amp; Creosote<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manufacture of coal tar, pitch, bitumen and creosote (Coke oven industries)<\/li>\n<li>Coal gasification<\/li>\n<li>Coke production<\/li>\n<li>Water proofing of wood, making of roofing and insulating materials<\/li>\n<li>Lining irrigation canals and reservoirs<\/li>\n<li>Manufacture of dyestuff (e.g., carbon black; Manufacture of paints)<\/li>\n<li>Chemical feedstock for the production of benzene, toluene, xylene, phenol<\/li>\n<li>Sealing agents\u00a0(e.g., in battery manufacture)<\/li>\n<li>Lubricant for die moulds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Trichloroethylene<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers involved in vapour degreasing and cold cleaning of metal parts in metal fabricating, automotive, aircraft and aerospace industries<\/li>\n<li>Usage for cleaning of lenses in optical industry<\/li>\n<li>Usage as solvent for extraction of waxes, fats, resins and oils<\/li>\n<li>Usage as a solvent or chemical intermediate in printing inks, varnishes, adhesives, paints, lacquers, rug cleaners and disinfectants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Urinary trichloroacetic acid<\/li>\n<li>Liver function tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Urinary trichloroacetic acid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Vinyl Chloride Monomer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Industries\/Role with Potential Exposure<span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production of polyvinyl chloride resins (workers who clean and maintain the reactors are especially at risk)<\/li>\n<li>Production of vinyl chloride- vinyl acetate copolymers<\/li>\n<li>Storage of Vinyl Chloride Monomer<\/li>\n<li>Sampling and analysis of Vinyl Chloride Monomer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Pre-Placement: Within 3 months of exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Liver function tests<\/li>\n<li>Hepatitis B and C serology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Tests Required (Every 12 Months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clinical examination<\/li>\n<li>Liver function tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following information serves as a summary guide for the Statutory Medical Examinations.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, you can<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.acumed.com.sg\/locate-a-clinic\/\">contact our clinics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content adapted from: WSHC-Statutory Medical Examinations<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.acumed.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WSH_Guidelines_Statutory_Medical_Examinations_2013.pdf\">https:\/\/www.wshc.sg\/files\/wshc\/upload\/cms\/file\/2014\/WSH_Guidelines_Statutory_Medical_Examinations_2013.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Manpower requires employers to send their employees who are exposed to certain occupational hazards for pre-placement 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