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HEALTH INCIDENT PLANNING Infectious Disease and the Workplace Presenter: Dr Andrew Ebringer, International SOS AAMIG Member Seminar Minespace, 2 nd July 2015 Africa Health Risk Map 2015 Medical Care Disease Risk Food & Water Quality Risk
Infectious Disease and the Workplace
Presenter: Dr Andrew Ebringer, International SOS AAMIG Member Seminar Minespace, 2nd July 2015
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Medical Care Vaccinations Food & Water Quality Disease Risk Risk of Malaria Risk of Rabies
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1Source: JOEM _ Volume 54, Number 9, September 2012. Myles Druckman, MD, Philip Harber, MD, MPH,
Yihang Liu, MD, MS, MA, and Robert L. Quigley, MD, DPhil, Results from International SOS medical evacuation activity from 50 companies based on 94,561 International Assignees located in 181 countries and 8,727,361 International Trips to 214 countries in 2009
Medical evacuation likelihood by country risk rating
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Combined PNG Africa
Top 5 causes account for 80% of all causes for evacuation
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Malaria PUO Meningitis Dengue TB Hepatitis Cellulitis % Combined PNG Africa
54% of evacuations relate to malaria, a largely preventable disease in these populations
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Person-to Person
Flu Measles Chickenpox Mumps Meningitis Ebola TB Bed Bugs
Water/ food
Cholera Typhoid Hep A Norovirus
Mosquitoes
Malaria Dengue Yellow Fever Chikungunya
transmitted person to person, however vector-control programmes can reduce prevalence in the workplace
Can all be transmitted person-to- person
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Common requests for assistance with workplace incidents for which there is no vaccine
Emerging threats which increase client concern, even if no incident has occurred
Question: How many of you created or amended procedures due to Ebola?
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Poor management of an outbreak can lead to:
Best practice
management plans
vomiting, diarrhoea, aches and fever
diarrhoea
Took 12 days to eliminate
Use soap: Using water alone does not remove soil and grease which can trap unseen germs and viruses. Wash your hands for at least 15-20 seconds using the following steps. Total duration
40-60 seconds.
externally
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reasonably practicable steps to minimise the threats identified and reduce the risk of injury or other harm to those who work for them
may apply to any PCBU: Company Director, white van tradesman, workers in a practice
– Not tested in law yet – Consideration - justification vs. cost (unjustifiable hardship) – Cannot ‘contract off’ legal obligations – Requirement for threat assessments to be conducted prior to work commencing – Judged against peers
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incident
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Develop an adaptable Corporate Plan to protect employees and business assets, include:
business units
Management Team/s – scalable to the severity and impact
Communication, Posters and Tools for handling the disease
maintain optimal health
diseases
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Wash your hands often Wash regularly and properly with
and use it when you can’t wash your hands Cover your cough or sneeze If you are sick, cover your cough or sneeze to avoid transferring the virus to others Avoid touching your face Viruses can transfer from surfaces to your hands, then to your mouth and nose Keep your distance from people who are sick If you have to attend to someone who is ill, wash your hands afterwards Ensure food is thoroughly cooked, milk is pasteurised Avoid unnecessary exposure to mosquitoes / animals
Key Contacts
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