MARITIME MEDICINE

The programme provides a quality assurance tool for medical facilities performing seafarer fitness examinations by: 1. Setting out the elements needed to ensure the capacity to provide a consistent high quality service. 2. Specifying standards that define best practice for providing medical fitness examinations for seafarers worldwide 3. Providing a framework for quality assurance, quality improvement and IMHA accreditation. 4. IMHA accreditation will encompass named senior doctors, the provision of other competent staff and the premises used. Accreditation is not transferable. 5. The standards are designed to be applicable to single handed practices as well as to larger organisations, whether stand‐alone occupational health facilities, or clinical staff working within a larger organisation such as a hospital. 6. These standards only apply to seafarer medical fitness examinations and do not apply to other services provided by the facility. 7. The standards relate solely to professional activities and do not extend to an employer’s legal responsibilities, which should already be addressed by existing laws and regulations.