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Posted By Robert S Woods
Can anyone give advice on the requirements for vaccinations for persons emptying feminine hygiene bins? These are ordinary small swing bins.
I cannot find any guidance on the subject. Do they need any? If so for which diseases?
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Posted By Andrew Robertson-Böber
Ensuring that the correct PPE is in place - as one would hardly expect these bins to be emptied by exposed hands – then I would suggest the follow (as the materials are bio-haz – blood waste etc):
? Hep A
? Hep B
? DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio booster)
You should ensure that this is covered in a COSSH risk assessment. The best people to contact regarding this are those who work in the Health Sector.
B
Andrew Böber
PGCert CMIOSH FRSH FRGS
Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner
Health & Safety Manager (OSH)
Zoological Society of London
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Posted By Ian Blenkharn
Hep B
Hep A
Need blood tests to confirm immunity for Hep B.
DPT might be useful for any employee, but not specific or essential for these tasks - nobody gets whooping cough from sanpro waste (DTP is Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis). Polio vaccination is a separate product, is useful but is not essential.
You need a good accident reporting system and robust instruction to attend A&E in the event of any penetrating injury or gross contamination of existing skin lesions, and training etc to ensure that this happens etc.
Training in use of PPE, risk awareness, hand hygiene and hand wash facilities, and instruction to use them!
Access to professional occupational health service would be ideal.
Feel free to contact me if you need more help
Ian
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Posted By Robert S Woods
Ian,
I have to take this to our Board of Directors so have to be definate that this is based on guidance/best practice.
Can you drop me an email to confirm that this is the case?
Many thanks
Bob
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Posted By Manny
What is the risk of the employee coming into contact with blood?
How about placing a bin bag in the bin and providing paper bags for the sanitary towels, similar to those used in Hotels and on Ferries etc.
If the above is in place and your people are wearing skin protection (i.e. gloves) then the risk has virtually been eliminated.
Manny
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Posted By jackw.
Hi,As has been said. Consider the routes of contamination ..e.g mostly body fluid/blood. If your staff use appropriate PPE and practice good general hygiene there should be no problem..If they come across a situation of "leaking" bins then they should envoke your policy procedures on clearing these up although this shopuld really be the host companies issue. You can buy spillage kits. They are useful in that they have individual instruction notes in each one thus training is not an issue. Re going to your Board. Suggest you contact infection control nurse at your local Health Trust for advice info.
Cheers
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
At the end of the day it is better to contract this out to the waste experts - They replace the used bin with an empty one and take the other away for emptying and sterilisation. Yes it costs money but do you really want to spend the time and effort required to do this and manage the waste stream as well?
For me the benefits outweigh the costs. This is a case where the professionals do a better job than the amateurs
Bob
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Posted By Robert S Woods
Robert,
That is the route that I wish to go down.
The business is expanding rapidly and the biggest expansion is in the call centre operation. The male to female staff ratio is about 1-9.
Getting the powers that be to spend money on fripperies like this is difficult so I am looking to have a good argument to take forward.
Thanks to all for your input.
Rob
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
You need to develop a costed plan for both routes and then move forward
Bob
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