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Health examinations

The Industrial Safety and Health Act requires businesses (Kyushu University) to implement health examinations on its workers. Members of the faculty, as workers at the University, are required to undertake these checks. The health checks implemented by the University are as shown below.

Type of health examinationScope of implementationPeriod and method of implementation
General periodic health examinationAll staff (except those engaged in special designated activities and those who underwent a medical examination at the time they were employed)June-September
Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises
Employment health examinationNewly employed staffAs needed
Undertaken at clinic on business premises
Health examination for staff being dispatched overseasStaff working overseas for six months or longer
Before and after assignment
As needed
Undertaken at clinic on business premises
Health examination for staff engaged in special designated activitiesStaff engaged in special designated activitiesJune-September, December-January
Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises
Special health examinationsStaff working with organic solvents, designated chemical substances, dust,
pressurized gases and diving
June-September, December-January
Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises
Ionized radiation health examinationStaff handling radiationMay, September, November, February
Implemented at Kyushu University Hospital
Secondary health examinationsStaff selected on basis of the results of their general health examinations
(with irregularity in BMI, body fat, sugar metabolism, blood pressure)
August-November
Undertaken at clinic on business premises
Tuberculosis (TB) health examinationThose who have been employed more than one year among those who were exempt for the TB test at the time they were employed General periodic health examination and Employment health examination.June-September
Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises
Health examination related to products that require risk assessmentAmong those who handle products that require risk assessment , a health examination may be deemed necessary.
As needed
Rotating, undertaken at clinic on business premises, etc.
Stomach cancer examinationStaff aged 40 and over (optional)June-September
Undertaken at clinic on business premises
Cervical cancer examinationOptional itJune-September
Undertaken at clinic on business premises
Colon cancer examinationStaff aged 40 and over (optional)December
Rotating