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Precautions against infectious diseases
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY.
Clinical speech and language studies:
Students must produce
a negative Hepatitis B s-Antigen (HBsAG) and Anti HB Core
Antigen (Anti-HBc) test result before being permitted to register
for this course. In the case of a positive result from the above, a
Hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAG) test with a negative result will be
required before registration. International applicants are advised
to undergo the HBsAg test in their home country and to forward
the result to the relevant office as soon as possible thereafter.
The College reserves the right to retest prior to admission.
Dental science, Dental hygiene, Dental nursing, and Dental
technology:
Registered students in Dental science, Dental
hygiene, Dental nursing, and Dental technology must remain
free of any life-threatening infectious condition that could be
transmitted to a patient or fellow health worker. Such conditions
could include but are not limited to; HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,
tuberculosis, chickenpox, measles, mumps and rubella.
Students in Dental science and Dental hygiene must produce a
negative hepatitis B virus infection result (i.e. negative HBsAg
or in the presence of a positive HBsAg, negative HBeAg and
negative HBV-DNA where applicable) and a negative Hepatitis
C antibody test (and if positive a negative PCR test for Hepatitis
C RNA) carried out not more than six months prior to entry,
before being permitted to register with the College. International
students are advised to undergo testing in their home country
and to forward the result to the Dental School Office as soon as
possible thereafter. The College reserves the right to retest prior
to admission.
Students admitted to these courses who are not already deemed
to be immune to hepatitis B will required to undergo a course of
vaccination. Details of vaccination programmes may be obtained
on request from the Dental School Office, Trinity College, Dublin
2. Students will not be permitted to commence clinical practice
until they have completed a course of vaccination.
Students in Dental nursing and Dental technology will not be
permitted to commence practical clinical experience until they
have completed the course of vaccination.
Medicine:
With regard to the transmission of infectious
diseases, the School of Medicine at TCD strikes a balance
between our pastoral responsibility to individual students
applying for entry and our overriding duty of care to the public
with whom medical students are in close contact. In this context,
the School is obliged to ensure that reasonable and appropriate
measures are taken not only to safeguard the students and their
colleagues, but also the patients and members of the public.
Details of vaccination programmes and the Blood Borne Viruses
(BBV) policy for medical students are available at the Medical
School office.
All health care professionals have a duty of care to the public. In
the interests of reducing the risk of the transmission of infectious
diseases from patients to students, or student to patient, all
new entrants must attend their regular medical practitioner
or the Student Health Service prior to registration to certify
their vaccination status or immunity to tuberculosis, measles,
mumps, rubella and chickenpox. In addition, students must
produce evidence of their hepatitis B and C status and where
appropriate confirmation that they do not have active disease.
Students who are Hepatitis B negative but not already deemed
to be immune to Hepatitis B will be required to undergo a course
of vaccination. Details of specific investigations required and
the vaccination programmes available are communicated to
applicants as part of the admissions process (in the Infectious
Diseases Information booklet) and are available at all times in
the Medical School office.
Nursing and Midwifery:
Prior to the first practice placement,
students on the pre-registration undergraduate Nursing and
Midwifery programmes must be immunised against Hepatitis
B, measles, rubella, tuberculosis and varicella unless immunity
as a result of natural infection or previous vaccination has been
documented. Screening (including medicals) and vaccination
will be organised by the health service provider where the
student will practice. Some health service providers may require
students to be screened for additional conditions, for example
MRSA.
Occupational therapy:
Students accepted on to the pre-
registration undergraduate Occupational therapy programme,
prior to the first practice placement, must be immunised against
Hepatitis B, measles, rubella, tuberculosis and varicella unless
immunity as a result of natural infection or previous vaccination
has been documented.
Physiotherapy:
Students accepted on to the undergraduate
Physiotherapy programme, prior to admission, must be
immunised against Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, measles, rubella,
tuberculosis and varicella unless immunity as a result of natural
infection or previous vaccination has been documented. In the
interests of reducing the risk of the transmission of infectious
disease, all new entrants must attend Trinity College Health
Service or their medical practitioner in the first semester of study
to certify their Hepatitis status, vaccination status or immunity to,
tuberculosis, measles, rubella and chickenpox.
Students in Physiotherapy must produce a negative Hepatitis
B virus infection result (i.e. negative HBsAg or in the presence
of a positive HBsAg, negative HBeAg and negative HBV-DNA
where applicable) and a negative Hepatitis C antibody test (and
if positive a negative PCR test for hepatitis C RNA) carried out
not more than six months prior to entry. Students admitted to
this course who are negative but not already deemed to be
immune to Hepatitis B will be required to undergo a course of
vaccination. Overseas applicants are advised to undergo testing
in their home country and to forward the result to the Discipline
of Physiotherapy. Further information relating to vaccination
requirements is available from the Discipline of Physiotherapy
(see below).