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Waiting for symptoms to develop. Had a few good chancers today. I have just returned from Tenerife (must be near Mexico) am I okay to return to work? Do you have any symptoms? No! Have you been in contact with anyone recently in Mexico? No! Are you taking the preverbial....?well I wanted to say this but my better judgement took over. In short GET TO WORK! ________________________________ From: Lucy Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, 29 April, 2009 9:09:33 PM Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Pandemic flu contingency plan details Hi neil What are the nhs doing about workers returning from affected areas? Are they returning to work within 7 days of arriving back? Or is the nhs waiting for symptoms to develop? Speak soon Lucy Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ________________________________ From: Haffner-Loach Neil G - Senior OH Nurse Practitioner / Ops Manager Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:38:31 +0100 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Pandemic flu contingency plan details I agree with you Sharon! Hygiene, hygiene, hygiene! Flu viruses live on the skin for 5 mins, on clothes for 2 hours and on hard surfaces for 24 hours! Anyone that has the virus and is confirmed as meeting the criteria will be screened by the HPA. Hygiene is the most effective weapon we have against the virus and we must encourage hand washing as appropriate! I am on call already to screen and advise potentially infected health care workers for the whole of the weekend! I somehow don’t think I’ll be very busy but I’ll let you know! Neil ________________________________ From:[log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Naylor, Sharon [HMPS] Sent: 29 April 2009 15:26 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Pandemic flu contingency plan details It is impossible to vaccinate the population against the spread of pandemic flu because a vaccine cannot be made in advance of the virus being identified. As the virus will be a new strain, a vaccine must be developed specifically to match this. Thus existing flu vaccines will be ineffective in the case of a pandemic. (please note that I did lift this more or less directly from another source) In addition - cant see that the employer will have access to vaccines/antivirals unless its an essential service like police/healthcare workers/paramedics You`re not being naive - the contingency plan is. Much more useful to concentrate on general hygiene, avoiding contact and how the business will be run in the event overwhelming sickness absence ________________________________ From:[log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gail Collins Sent: 29 April 2009 15:03 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Pandemic flu contingency plan details Hi All I have just read a proposed contingency plan in the event of pandemic flu - it is one that is recommended from a national HR company In it, it proposes that OH services are involved in planning and 'encourage a high take up of annual influenza vaccinations amongst employees where appropriate' I am a little puzzled Can anyone point me in the direction of research that supports the use of flu vaccines in the healthy working population it also recommends prioritising staff for vaccines and antiviral medication In a pandemic wont the population be provided with antivirals on assessment by medical staff in NHS and not by employer? Will the employer be required to have enough antivirals ? Am I being naïve or unprepared? Help/opinions please Kind regards Gail ______________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Burton 's Foods Ltd. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations), is intended solely for the addressee, is strictly confidential and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee please do not print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any attachments. Instead, please email it back to the sender or contact the IT ServiceDesk on +44 (0)151 488 4444. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been scanned for viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System, however we highly recommend that you virus scan any attached files using your own antivirus software. Registered in England No. 2086754 BURTON 'S FOODS LIMITED Charter Court 74-78 Victoria Street St Albans Herts AL1 3XH Tel: 01727 899700 Fax: 01727 899701 www.burtonsfoods.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk