Infection prevention and control: Guideline for speech pathologists, Version 1,2020.

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Checklist B: Vaccination and screening

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Do you have an appropriate staff immunisation policy based on state or territory health authority and/or Commonwealth legislation, specifying a framework for the assessment, screening and vaccination of health practitioners? Do your secure staff immunisation records include screening results, vaccination history, serology, immunisations with batch details and a record of staff who choose not to vaccinate? Do you have processes in place to manage vaccination refusal, contraindication to vaccination or vaccine non-response of your staff? Do you have a method for immediately determining risk to your practitioners and workers when a client presents with an infectious disease? Does your practice have comprehensive written policies regarding disease-specific work restriction and exclusion? Does your practice have a comprehensive occupational health program to manage health practitioners in specific circumstances that put them at greater risk of infection? Do you have health care associated infection and/or adverse event surveillance policies and procedures?

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Infection Prevention and Control - Guideline for Speech Pathologists | Version 1, 2020