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Has anyone had to do a New and Expectant Mother's RA lately with some assessment of the COVID19 situation. I am seeking to do one shortly, but didnt really want to reinvent the wheel if one of my IOSH colleagues has done so already
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This is the NHS take on Covid 19 - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/people-at-higher-risk/pregnancy-and-coronavirus/ But remember ( I feel like a broken record) Covid 19 is NOT a H&S issue unless you are either working directly with the virus in lab for example or in a situation where you come into direct contact with infected patients eg in clinical situation. If you apply a risk assessment to the chance of someone getting serious illness due to Covid-19 in a normal workplace, you should be concluding that the risk is insignificant. It is a Public Health issue, and you need to apply what the regulations say you need to do-pure compliance and nothing to do with so far as reasonably practicable.
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According to the latest updated guidelines from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), pregnant women do not appear more likely to contract the COVID-19 infection than the general population... which is really just about females being less susceptible than men...However, once the coronavirus has been contracted this can theoretically lead to more severe symptoms, since it is known that pregnancy alters the immune system and its response to viral infections…their risk is increased because of hypertension and as pregnant women are more susceptible to respiratory diseases...so in the same way obesity increases your COVID risk so does pregnancy....not sure it is an assessment that you can do on the individual more a referral to OH...
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