{"id":14448,"date":"2017-05-23T15:03:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T19:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=14448"},"modified":"2021-07-14T08:12:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:12:10","slug":"medical-clearance-information-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/residential-safety-home\/residential-safety-programs-services\/industrial-hygiene\/respiratory-protection\/medical-clearance-information-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Clearance Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals must be medically cleared to wear an N95 respirator before fit testing can occur. A medical clearance involves completing a respiratory questionnaire, and having that questionnaire reviewed by a licensed medical practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>The medical clearance must be completed prior to initial use of a respirator. If you have previously been medically cleared to wear an N95 respirator, you do not need another medical evaluation unless there has been a change which affects your ability to wear a respirator (asthma diagnosis, facial change, etc.).<\/p>\n<h4>For researchers, BU employees and personnel who support research whose jobs require the use of respirators<\/h4>\n<p>You must fill out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/forms-policies\/osha-respiratory-medical-evaluation-questionnaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) questionnaire<\/a> and receive medical clearance by ROHP before you schedule a fit test.<br \/>\n<strong>ROHP Phone:<\/strong> 617-414-7647<\/p>\n<h4>For BMC employees, physicians, residents, interns or anyone not involved in research, whose jobs require the use of a respirator<\/h4>\n<p>You must fill out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/forms-policies\/ehs-bmc-oem-respiratory-questionnaire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) questionnaire<\/a> and receive medical clearance by OEM before you schedule a fit test.<br \/>\n<strong>OEM Phone:<\/strong> 617-638-8400<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals must be medically cleared to wear an N95 respirator before fit testing can occur. A medical clearance involves completing a respiratory questionnaire, and having that questionnaire reviewed by a licensed medical practitioner. The medical clearance must be completed prior to initial use of a respirator. If you have previously been medically cleared to wear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11959,"featured_media":0,"parent":7747,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17858,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14448\/revisions\/17858"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}