Medical Induction
One of the main sources of danger in travel is insufficient information.
The Medical Induction is the consequence and application of the Foreign Health Protocol built together with the Medical Officer and takes place in a one-on-one meeting between the worker and a Travel Medicine specialist in which the endemic and environmental risks of the territory to be reached are analyzed, relating the information on the basis of the work task to be performed on site and the medical history of the traveler.
BEFORE THE TRIP
What is Medical Induction?
Through targeted and specific counseling, we prepare the employee by pointing out all best practices to mitigate risks and thus protect health and safety while abroad. Prevention activities include the promotion of all vaccination cycles and antimalarial prophylaxis, if provided for in the Foreign Health Protocol. The latter is one of the many services of Business Travel Medicine with which Ambimed supports companies in the drafting of this document, in order to fulfill their obligations to protect the health of employees, even when they are traveling for work.
During the consultation, the itinerary, the destination, the schedule during the stay, the length of the trip, and the time of year when the trip is planned are considered, not forgetting variables such as the seasonality of certain diseases.
In addition, alerts published by WHO and any ongoing health emergencies at the travel destination are analyzed. These factors, in fact, can cause a radical change in safety requirements with little notice.
Not all destinations are the same, and not all travelers are the same. Similarly, it is important to consider the traveler's medical history: current medications, recent surgeries, prior illnesses, and ongoing pregnancies are just some of the factors that can influence (even radically) the tools and precautions to be employed to ensure maximum safety while traveling.
Medical Induction should be performed at least one week before departure. In the case of travel to tropical or particularly high-risk destinations, it is advisable to perform it at least 15 days before travel.
In the case of urgent travel, it is always advisable to perform Medical Induction to the traveler, even if he or she is already at the destination: informing about health risks is the first useful action to prevent inappropriate behavior that may endanger the health of the person traveling.
Ambimed offers the opportunity to perform these medical consultations at the territorial network of Travel Clinics or remotely via video consultation.
Protecting the health of employees while traveling is part of the employer's duties and responsibilities.
Ambimed is the one-stop provider for all travel risk management needs.
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Our Travel Medicine Services
Thanks to the experience gained in the Travel Medicine sector, Ambimed has applied the issues of prevention and medical safety while traveling within the framework of the obligations provided by Model 231, Legislative Decree 81/08 and ISO 31030 directives by structuring a proposal of services to protect the health of employees before, during and after the work trip and/or period of stay abroad. With the correct prevention and adequate preparation, transfer staff are able to deal safely with business travel.
