Health
Services

Services of the

Occupational Medicine Department

• Providing comprehensive occupational health services in accordance with Act. No. 373/2011 Coll., on the specific health services, as amended, Decree No. 79/2013 Coll., on the occupational health services, as amended, and other related legislation
• Contractual provision of occupational health services for companies
• Advisory and consultancy services in the field of preventive occupational health care, health protection and workplace safety
• Guidance in the assessment of factors in the working environment and working conditions that may affect the workers‘ health
• Consulting services on formulating proposals concerning categorisation of work within a company, including recommendations for laboratory measurements of physical as well as chemical factors in the working environment that are necessary for elaboration of such document (noise, vibration, heat load, cold load, dust, hand overload, mental stress, chemical substances, etc.)
• Monitoring of the health of workers within all types of medical examinations including assessment of capability for work
• Providing specialized examinations – audiometry, spirometry, plethysmography, electrocardiography and stimulated electromyography (measurement of distal motor latency of median nerves)
• Training in first aid and assistance with equipping of first-aid kits
• Consulting in occupational health, safety and hygiene and ergonomics, and in individual and collective protective equipment
• Promoting the adaptation of work and work conditions to the worker
• Collaboration in providing information and education in occupational health, hygiene and ergonomics
• Cooperation in analysis of occupational accidents and occupational diseases

Services of the

Department of Physiology and Psychology of Work

• Authorized measurement and assessment of local muscular load using integrated electromyography
• Authorized measurement and assessment of physical load based on an assessment of energy expenditure, pulse frequency, and burden handling
• Authorized measurement and assessment of work-related thermal load using calculations and physiological measurements
• Authorized measurement and assessment of workplace ergonomics
• Authorized measurement and assessment of mental workload
• Laboratory experiments in the climatic chamber

Another specialized expertises and consultations:
 

• Categorization of work under Act No. 258/2000 Coll., on public health protection, as amended, and Decree No. 432/2003 Coll., as amended
• Ergonomic evaluation of work based on ergonomic checklists and optimization suggestions
• Health risk assessment and recommendations for preventive measures under Government Decree No. 361/2007 Coll., as amended, Decree No. 432/2003 Coll., as amended, and Decree No. 288/2003 Coll., as amended
• Work and rest regime determining and drinking regime suggestion during the shift for workers in hot working environments
• Prediction of work thermal load and design of optimal work and rest regime using a computer program
• Measurement and assessment of cold stress and determination of work and rest regimes for workers in cold working environments
• Assessment of special protective clothing and determination of work and rest regimes for workers using special protective clothing
• Organizing of regional and national consultation seminars on the occupational musculoskeletal diseases caused by overloading

Services of the

Vaccination and Travel Medicine Department

• Vaccination for international travel in accordance with World Health Organization requirements and current epidemiological conditions
• Pre-travel consultations regarding the type of activities abroad, current situations, and recommended preventive measures
• Recommendations for antimalarial prophylaxis
• Vaccinations required by countries or employers
• Comprehensive consulting in vaccination, vaccination techniques, and related legislation
• Consultative services in epidemiology
• Lectures on infectious diseases, vaccination, and epidemiology