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Hepatitis B - risk assessment
Managers must complete a risk assessment and email it to Occupational Health to arrange Hepatitis B vaccinations for any staff identified as high-risk.
The council is introducing a Hepatitis B vaccination programme for those staff identified as being potentially at risk of occupational exposure to the virus. Staff who have been identified as at risk of exposure will be contacted and offered the vaccination. For all other staff a local risk assessment should be undertaken to determine if they would be classed as "High risk".
"High risk" would be working with service users with severe learning disabilities and also dealing with the high risk group of bodily fluids:
- Blood
- semen
- vaginal secretions
- breast milk
The Manager should complete the risk assessment. They may need to discuss it with their Health and Safety Advisor if they need further advice on the risk assessment.
Risk assessment template (document)
If the member of staff is deemed at risk then, the manager should email the Occupational Health Service to arrange a vaccination programme. A copy of the completed risk assessment should be attached along with the individuals contact information. The Occupational health service will then arrange appointments (vaccinations are given at 0, 1, 6 months followed by a blood test to check that the immunisation programme has been effective).
The Occupational Health service can be emailed at occupational.health@cumbria.gov.uk