healthcare worker definition

healthcare worker means a worker who works in a healthcare setting within and outside the NHS who may come into contact with patients, including clinical administration staff, and care home staff;
healthcare worker means all people primarily engaged to enhance health by providing preventative, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services;
healthcare worker means any person, working in a healthcare entity who has the potential for exposure to patients, residents, or consumers of the healthcare entity and/or to infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and equipment, contaminated environmental surfaces, or contaminated air.

More Definitions of healthcare worker

healthcare worker means a person who is employed or engaged as a contractor by a healthcare operator to perform at a healthcare facility any of the following:
healthcare worker means a worker of a health service managed by a designated Local Public Health Unit;
healthcare worker means a person who works in the health care facility, whether paid
healthcare worker means an Employee who is employed to work at or by a Covered Healthcare Facility to provide patient care, healthcare services, or services supporting the provision of healthcare. “Healthcare Worker” includes a clinician, professional, non-professional, nurse, certified nursing assistant, aide, technician, maintenance worker, janitorial or housekeeping staffperson, groundskeeper, guard, food service worker, laundry worker, pharmacist, nonmanagerial administrative worker and business office clerical worker, but does not include a manager or supervisor. A “Healthcare Worker” works at a Covered Healthcare Facility only if that individual's primary work assignment is physically located at one or more such facilities; for example, delivery workers employed principally outside a Covered Healthcare Facility are not Healthcare Workers for purposes of this article unless employed by such a facility.
healthcare worker means a contractor or employee of Supplier if one or more of the following criteria are met:
healthcare worker means a medical professional who treats children diagnosed with cancer, bone marrow transplant or severe blood diseases at the age of 18 years old or under.
healthcare worker means a person who is employed, or is considering becoming employed, in an activity which involves or is connected with the provision of services as part of the health service in England;