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Clinical speech and language studies:
As our overriding duty
of care is to the public with whom speech and language therapy
students may be in close contact, we are obliged to ensure
that reasonable and appropriate measures are taken not only
to safeguard students and their colleagues, but also clients
and members of the public. Students must produce a negative
Hepatitis B s-Antigen (HBsAG) and Anti HB Core Antigen
(Anti-HBc) test result carried out within six months prior to entry
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
and Anti-HBc 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 the dental 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.
Medicine:
With regard to the transmission of infectious
diseases, the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin 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 the vaccination programmes
and the blood borne viruses (BBV) policy for medical students
are available at the Medical School office. The BBV policy for
medical students is available on the School of Medicine website.
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 College 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).
Precautions against infectious diseases
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