Is a medical check up required before we enter a job in research?

If I graduate with a bio medical science degree, and i want to work in any research or lab department, do they require a medical check up?

And if so, will Hep. B cause me not to get the job?

Thanks in advance =)

It depends on company, if not mistaken.

Most big corporations require a routine medical checkup as a standard hiring procedure, regardless of the industry. Very routine stuff: eye tests, urine tests, chest xray, blood pressure, etc. As far as I know the basic medical check ups does not include a blood test which is what would be required to detect hepatitis-B.

But in my opinion, if you have a medical condition, it is best to be honest with your employer.

i dunno others, but for my company, the medical check up include blood test, urine test, eye test, ear test, xray, ECG ( hear rate). I think quite complete. But my other frens said that their medical checkup only basic screening checks, no blood test.

And I know which company is doing that too!

Anyway, it depends on the company. I went the whole shebang (like Joanalooidog (?)) and also just a urine and doctor check for my current one.

yup, depends on company. most company who insure their employees, would like to know the medical condition of the employee beforehand.

thanks for the reply ..

hmm .. okay .. so lets say if the company require a quite detailed checkup.. and if I have hepp. B .. wld it effect me?

There is plenty of room here for the person doing the hiring to use judgement so it really pointless for me to give advice other than there is usually no official policy that somebody with some medical condition has to be disqualified, assuming the condition does not affect your ability to do the job. One big reason for the lack of standard policies is because the companies do not want to be seen as discriminative (lawsuits are expensive).

So because there are no official policies, this question is highly subjective and depends very much on the person evaluating your application so there is no straight answer. So if you want an answer it is "maybe".

This post has been edited by limsk: Jan 17 2007, 07:12 PM

Most of the big company will require to for a medical checkup..like mine, done full body checkup including HIV test..depends on your working environment, some disease might cause you loosing the job.

In most companies, Hep B is not the requirement.

.....nothing to say, can u plz list down al lthe companies which has Hep B as a requirement??

I think u need to be honest loh, before u do medical checkup, jsut tell ur hiring company, and convince them that u will be very careful, your Hep B is under control and won affect ur performance. Since u need to went thru the probation period, u can say that if ur HEP B is worsening and affect ur performance, just fire u loh, bla bla bla............

I wonder which company required Hepatitis B

well if you have Hep B, The company might be cautious in hiring you cos they would look at the fact that medical they might have to cover, ur performance, and also should you visit the hospital how would they get a replacement. U're basically in the higher risk category should the company hire you.

If the doctor never ask you, you want to tell him you have Hep B ? As i mentioned earlier, i never see any company require Hep B checking before employment

I don't see Hep B will be a restricting factor.

Agreed. You don't see it in Agilent, Avago or even Intel medical checkup sheet

There is a likelihood since you are in the biomedical industry.

Those are semicon companies; TS stated he/she is in the biomedical research field and Hep-B is transmittable via bodily fluids which may or may not affect the results of his work.

It still depends on the company itself. It's quite subjective ...

This is a special case. I guess it does not apply to non-biomedical field. If you work in electronic factory, you do not need that.

I'm sure in biomedical field, you'll be wearing personal protective equipment or attire, you won't be working with a naked body (normal working casual/formal/office attire), hands (gloves are needed), mouth and nose (mouth cover - not sure what it's called is required).

This post has been edited by David83: Jan 20 2007, 11:12 AM

IT companies and more and more non-related or companies that don't need it are conducting mandatory blood test for employees.

If me, I would opt out of their insurance scheme. I don't need their insurance,I have mine and if they insist, they can go screw themselves.

I personally black list any company that invades my privacy through medical checkups, especially blood tests.

There're plenty of things I can do to earn a living and I won't compromise my rights as a human being and my self respect just to work in a company run by a bunch of tactless bozos staffed with useless HR.

I urge and encourage everyone else, to have some self respect, know your rights, and refuse to bow down to discriminatory pressure.


Love yourself, say no to unnecessary mandatory medical checkups/blood tests.

medical checkups are good .... only good companies provide them .... others just a routine xray and urine test .....

Bullshit. Those that provide them by force wants to filter you based on your lifestyle and health status.

Only ignorant Malaysians think it's good since most Malaysians are spineless people who have no understanding of privacy rights laws.

Lemmings.

Yeap, I think it's a normal procedure in every company.

Do you have Hepatitis B ?
I guess jobs like pron star and prostitution will not allow those with Hep. B

well to be ignorant and afraid to check on your health is much worst !

you can check yourself, privately.

The ignorant ones are the dumb tards who couldn't keep their own medical info private and would rather have the employer divulge it internally. You seriously think your retarded employer is going to keep your record a secret ? There're no laws against medical confidentiality mind you.

Only dumb tards would consent to a medical checkup done by others who could then use the information against them.

And surprisingly, they're many dumb tards here who consent when the job does not require it at all, such as IT.

There's a difference between knowing your medical record for yourself, and letting your future employers know just because one is a greedy f-tard who wants to get free checkups where results could be used against them in future.

Balless and spineless people deserve to get bullied in the work place.

These type of employees are the ones bosses love to push and step over because they don't even respect themselves or dare to even voice out anything.

They're definitely the same bunch of f-tards who would divulge salary history even when not asked for it.

Typical Malaysian idiots. Always complain about government and low pay, but yet none got the balls to stand up for their rights.

Complain complain complain but in the end, succumb.

I truly enjoy being a boss and stepping on you sh*tty wage earners.

as far as i can remember, i didn get my blood checked for hepatitis B when i got myself a job in the hospital.

haha hepatitis B so common wor.

i oledi inject for hepatitis B .

better get vaccine .

well some ppl really do want to enjoy free health checks but anyway most ppl don't do checkup themselves .... they really prolong or procastinate on the matter anyway full health check on your own isn't that cheap ...... at least 3k

it is depend on company actually, brief test do really required but it is depend on the company to decide whether to further check or not neccessary.

It really depends on the company but i think it should be okay.