Staff health info - Infection Control
- What is Staff Health
- Blood and body fluid exposure to staff
- Recommended vaccinations for health care workers
- Hepatitis B
- Flu Vaccine
- Infection Control Policies
- Infection Control Resources
What is Staff Health ?
The term Staff Health incorporates immunisation, work restrictions and management of Needlestick Injuries to Staff Members. Healthcare workers are exposed to vaccine preventable infectious agents considerably more than the general population because of their responsibilities to care for ill patients.
Infected healthcare workers can spread infectious agents to susceptible patients, leading to severe morbidity and mortality particularly among patients who are immunocompromised.
The staff in Infection Control are accredited nurse immunisers and able to offer staff immunisations such as influenza, hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
Hours - 9am to 5pm
Contact - ext/ pager.6663 or 5740.
Blood and body fluid exposure to staff
See Needlestick Injuries and Blood/Body Fluid Exposures (RCH). Please report the incident to the person in charge of your department and fill out a Staff Accident/Incident Form.
Contact the Infection Control on pager 6663.
Recommended vaccinations for health care workers
The following vaccinations are recomended for health care workers. You can download and complete the Staff Health form to have your vaccination status reviewed by Infection Control.
- Hepatitis B
- Influenza
- Measles/Mumps/Rubella
- Varicella
- Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (dTpa).
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a blood borne virus that causes serious infection.
People can be infected with the virus and "carry" it for a long time without knowing.
People who "carry" Hepatitis B may infect other healthy people with the virus.
The virus can be spread through such activities as unsafe sex, injecting drug use, tattooing or body piercing and using unsterilised equipment.
There is no cure for Hepatitis B once you are infected.
Hepatitis B immunisation
Staff at RCH should be vaccinated against Hepatitis B-please arrange to see Infection Control to be immunised.
After the primary course of Hepatitis B vaccination there is now no need to receive booster doses as the vaccine provides long lasting protection.
(see The Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th ed. NHMRC)
Influenza
Protect yourselves and your patients. All clinical staff at the Royal Children's Hospital should have their flu vaccine every year.
The Department of Human Services has asked that all public hospitals reach a 60% vaccination rate of all clinical staff.
For more information regarding the flu or the flu vaccine, please refer to the Infection Control Link Group fact sheets.
2009 Staff Flu Immunisation Dates - Ella Latham Foyer
- Wed 1st April 12-2.30pm
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Thurs 2nd April 1-3.30pm
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Mon 6th April 2-4pm
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Wed 8th April 12-2pm
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Tues 14th April 2-4pm
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Tues 21st April 2-4pm
Free Lollipops and Fruit Bars!!
Infection Control Policies (RCH)
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Staff Immunisation: Prevention of Infectious Diseases for Health Care Workers
Infection Control Resources
The following documents can be downloaded as .pdf files.
