Posted By Lee Thompson
Dear all,

We are currently looking to review our occupational health procedures for our refuse collectors, street sweepers etc. If any others have similar staff do you provided access to any vaccinations or innoculations against any potential diseases they could come in contact with?

If so what diseases are taken into consideration?

Thanks in advance

Lee

Posted By Lilian McCartney
We've just been reviewing our ocntrol of infection with assistance frmo Occ health.

Their advice is for this group of employees to have tetanus and depening on method of collection to consider Hep B.

As we have wheelie bins there is a low risk of infection and hygiene and PPE controls are considered suffiecnt.

For those street sweping they have 'pickers' for objects and shouldn't come into contact though we have a sharps injury procedure.

For those who collect household items e.g. mattresses where needles etc maybe conceealed the post sharps injury will be more relevant.

We emphasis hygiene.

The post sharps injury procedure is to present at A&E with a letter (we've given supplies to depots), and then follow up by our Occ Health

Lilian