Pre Employment Physical

Extra Pickles · May 13, 2017

When you go for the exam they ought to tell you. You can always ask. The tests will depend on the policies of the facility.

poppycat, ADN, BSN · May 13, 2017

I've never had any blood drawn as part of a pre-employment physical.

LovingLife123 · May 14, 2017

You read in an employee handbook they collect 10 vials of blood? Usually it's just a couple and they check your titers. Most importantly Hep B.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · May 14, 2017

I've never had that much. It was 3 all for immunity tigers to MMR, varicella and hepatitis.

WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN · May 14, 2017

Some might check for cotinine (I think that's the word) which is more for insurance and about their smoking policy.

Just ask them. They are obligated to tell you.

AceOfHearts<3 · May 15, 2017

My first job drew one vial to have a baseline of my hep c status in case there were any issues later on. They didn't draw titers since I had records of my hep b ones from nursing school.

My second job drew 1 vial for the quantiferon gold TB test and that was it.

Both places tested my urine for drugs and nicotine.

MunoRN, RN · May 15, 2017

I once had to get an MMR titer and nothing else, for whatever reason they drew 5 full SST tubes, I still don't understand what the purpose of that was.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · May 15, 2017

My first job drew one vial to have a baseline of my hep c status in case there were any issues later on. They didn't draw titers since I had records of my hep b ones from nursing school.
My second job drew 1 vial for the quantiferon gold TB test and that was it.
Both places tested my urine for drugs and nicotine.

Really usually its hep B not hep C they test for