Occupational Health Services
We also help companies on their health education and training programmes and we can provide advice to help you abide with the statutory requirements required by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) or other occupational health standards.
After 45 years of looking after corporate clients in the various industries, we strive to provide comprehensive, high quality healthcare and greater convenience for you and your team.
Occupational Health Services
Occupational Health Services amongst others include:
Pre-employment/ Re-engagement medical examination
These pre-employment medical examinations and re-engagement medical examinations are essential tools to determine whether an employee is fit to perform his job without risk to himself or others. Whatever the industry, the health and safety of your staff is essential and is key to optimizing the company’s productivity.
Typically, such medical examinations will involve assessing the individual’s medical background, as well as check for any chronic conditions, and infectious diseases. The details of the pre-employment / re-engagement checks will depend on the industry, nature of work, and age of the employee.
AcuMed is able to provide these medical examinations that are customized to your company’s needs and requirements.
Fitness to return to work examination
Workers returning to work after a serious illness or injury may pose a hazard to himself or others. Fitness to return to work is a medical assessment done when an employer wishes to be sure an employee can safely do a specific job or task.
Our Designated Workplace Doctor will assess the individual and take into account the job scope, industry and individual medical condition. Thereafter, we will provide recommendations to the company. Such recommendations will include suitability of the individual to return to work, as well as any changes or modifications to job scope necessary.
Statutory Medical examination
Under the Workplace Safety and Health (Statutory Medical Examinations) Guideline, workers exposed to certain health hazards during their work are required to undergo periodic medical examinations. This enable early detection of occupational illnesses and prevent excessive exposure of your staff to workplace hazards, thereby protecting from the harmful effects of the workplace hazards. These medical examinations can only be performed by Designated Workplace Doctors (DWDs) registered with the Ministry of Manpower. AcuMed has experienced DWDs to conduct the tests and assess the workers.
The hazards requiring Statutory Medical Examinations include:
Arsenic and its compounds
Asbestos
Benzene
Cadmium and its compounds
Compressed air environments
Cotton
Lead and its compounds
Manganese and its compounds
Mercury and its compounds
Noise
Organophosphates
Perchloroethylene
Free Silica
Tar, Pitch, Bitumen and Creosote
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chloride monomer
If your employees are exposed to any of the above hazards, you are required to perform a pre-placement examination, as well as periodic screenings to monitor the health condition of your employees. More information on each of the hazards can be found here.
Also, here is the list of other notifiable Occupational Disease in Singapore. If any of your employees have the following diseases, you will need to inform the Ministry of Manpower.
Aniline poisoning
Anthrax
Barotrauma
Beryllium poisoning
Byssinosis
Carbamate poisoning
Cyanide poisoning
Diseases caused by ionizing radiation
Diseases caused by excessive heat
Hydrogen Sulphide poisoning
Leptospirosis
Liver angiosarcoma
Mesothelioma
Occupational asthma
Occupational skin cancers
Occupational skin diseases
Phosphorus poisoning
Poisoning by carbon monoxide gas
Poisoning by carbon disulphide
Poisoning by oxides of nitrogen
Poisoning from halogen derivatives of hydrocarbon compounds
Musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb
Silicosis
Toxic anaemia
Toxic hepatitis
Hearing Conservation Programme
Hearing conservation program (HCP) helps companies to manage the noise hazard so as to prevent Noise- Induced Deafness (NID) which is irreversible.
The components of the programme include:
Noise surveys to identify noisy areas or activities
Implementation of noise control meausre where feasible
Putting up signages on hearing protector usage in noisy areas
Conducting statutory medical examinations for all workers exposed to excessive noise
Providing suitable hearing protectors to all exposed employees
Educating and training all employees on the importance of adequate hearing protector usage, correct fit and proper maintenance
Workers exposed to noise exceeding the permissible exposure limit and duration, as specified in the Workplace Safety and Health (Noise) Regulations 2011 are required to undergo periodic audiometric examinations.
Acumed Medical Group of clinics are equipped with capabilities to perform audiometry examination by accredited audiometricians.
Respiratory Protection Programme
Toxic or harmful substances present in dusts, fogs, smokes or fumes can enter the workers’ bodies through inhalation. A respiratory protection programme is important to prevent the exposure of workers to these airborne hazards.
This program involves:
regular environmental monitoring of the hazard
engineering control to reduce the hazard where practicable
selection and provision of suitable respirators
supervision to ensure proper fit and consistent usage
proper maintenance of respirators
training in the use and care of respirators
medical examinations for fitness to use respirators.
Acumed Medical Group of clinics have the capability to perform spirometry for the evaluation for fitness to use respirators.
Accredited Designated Medical Examiners for Pilots
Under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) medical requirements, to apply for any of the CAAS flight crew licenses or air traffic controllers, the person must have a valid Medical Assessment of the relevant class. A Licensing Medical Examination (LME) can only be conducted by a Designated Medical Examiners (DMEs) appointed by CAAS. AcuMed has doctors who are CAAS Designated Medical Examiners and we provide the following services:
Licensing Medical Examination (LME) renewal for pilots and Air Traffic Controllers
Aeromedical Review
Occupational Consultancy Services
As your trusted occupational health provider, we endeavor to provide up-to-date and relevant occupational advice to companies and their employees to help them prevent any occurrence of occupational diseases and create a safe workplace.
Our occupational consultancy services include:
Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)
Protective equipments such as helmets, gloves and goggles are worn to protect workers from work injuries or hazards. Depending on the working environment and job scope, different companies may require different kind of PPE. Our DWDs will be able to advise on the PPE required to protect your workers.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics and musculoskeletal problems are often found in workplace due to factors such as poor workplace design, wrong lifting posture or repetitive movements. We would be able to provide guidance on prevention and management of such work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
Occupational and Health Promotion Health Talks
We offer a wide range of health talks and workshops, such as DIabetes Mellitus and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Apart from our regular programmes, we can customize talks to suit your purpose.
Below are some of the common workplace-related health topics we provide for our corporate clients:
Diabetes Mellitus
Ergonomics
Hypertension
Noise-induced Hearing Loss
Physical Activity
Stress Management
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Workplace Injury (Hand)
We take a holistic approach towards health, taking care of all aspects of health for the community, your loved ones and yourself.
At AcuMed, we come to work each day because we believe that healthcare is of utmost importance. We recognise that healthcare is not just about the provision of medical services; it is about being there and caring for every aspect of your health so that you can have a healthy and happy life.