The rise of on-demand startups relying on large, quickly-scaling workforces, as well as other startups that are simply growing very fast, has led to a demand for services that can provide basic screening for potential employees.
Yet, they did perform a basic screening for general health problems and took proactive measures when problems were suspected.
Basic screening for iron-deficiency anemia consists of a complete blood count (CBC) looking for hemoglobin less than the age-adjusted normal range, with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 97% [ 6].
Further, services for infertility care, including basic screening facilities, are conspicuous by their absence in the public health system in India; this includes health infrastructure for addressing preventive and secondary causes of infertility, which can be combated at a preliminary stage.
All patients completed questionnaires regarding medical history, and underwent clinical examination and basic screening for conventional atherosclerotic disease risk factors, including cigarette smoking, systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurement, chest X-ray, a 12-lead ECG and a standard echocardiogram at study entry.
The terms of the study protocol did not allow for anything more than the basic screening log details (e.g. patient initials, date examined, reason for exclusion) to be collected for patients who were excluded; as such, we are unable to evaluate the effect of including patients with milder cortisol excess.
Finally, the laboratory capacity of the medical van could be augmented to include basic screening tests for conditions that occur commonly, such as a glucometer (diabetes), rapid hemoglobin testing (anemia), urine dipsticks (urinary tract infections), and tuberculin skin test placement.
In some health care facilities, in addition to the ANC services, staff members performed basic screening tests for syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis using bedside diagnostic test kits.
An example is the FDI DDE index [ 8] for enamel defects that has a basic screening index and an expanded epidemiological index.
Thus, in contrast to REACH, few basic screening criteria are used for final-step management decisions.
A dual-column GC-NPD method was used for basic drug screening.
