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OCCUPATIONAL IMMUNISATION

Certain occupations result in increased risk of contracting some vaccine-preventable diseases. Some infected workers, particularly health care workers and those working in early childhood education services, may transmit infections such as influenza, rubella, measles, mumps, varicella and pertussis to susceptible contacts, with the potential for serious outcomes.

Where workers are at significant occupational risk of acquiring a vaccine-preventable disease, the employer should implement a comprehensive occupational vaccination programme, including vaccination policies, staff vaccination records, information about the relevant vaccine-preventable diseases and the management of vaccine refusal. Employers should take all reasonable steps to encourage susceptible workers to be immunised (Immunisation Handbook, NZ 2021).

Medvacc offers both screening and immunisation for the following diseases”

Occupation	Recommended vaccines
Health care workers Medical staff, nursing staff, lead maternity carers, other health professional staff and students	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A (if working with children) Hepatitis B Influenza, annually mRNA-CV
Carers Health care assistants, long-term facility carers and nursing home staff	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A (if exposed to faeces) Hepatitis B Influenza, annually mRNA-CV
Individuals who work with children Early childhood education services staff	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Influenza, annually
Other individuals working with children, including: • correctional staff working where infants/children live with mothers • school teachers (including student teachers) • outside school hours carers • child counselling services workers • youth services workers	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Influenza, annually
Emergency and essential service workers Police and emergency workers	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis B Influenza, annually mRNA-CV
Armed forces personnel	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A (if deployed to high-risk countries) Hepatitis B Influenza, annually mRNA-CV
Staff of correctional facilities	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A (if deployed to high-risk countries) Hepatitis B Influenza, annually mRNA-CV MenACWY (if living in close quarters and/or deployed to high-risk countries) 4CMenB (if living in close quarters) Yellow fever, rabies, typhoid, Japanese encephalitis (as appropriate, if deployed to high-risk countries)
Staff of immigration/refugee centres	Tdap – at least every 10 years IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A (if deployed to high-risk countries) Hepatitis B Influenza, annually mRNA-CV
Border staff and those working in managed quarantine facilities (including cleaners, security staff, custom and border officials, hotel workers, airline staff, port authorities, police, defence force staff and health professionals)	Influenza, annually MMR mRNA-CV
Individuals who work with animals Veterinarians, veterinary students and veterinary nurses	Tdap IPV MMR Influenza, annually
Zoo staff who work with primates	Tdap IPV MMR Hepatitis A Influenza, annually
Poultry workers and others handling poultry, including those who may be involved in culling during an outbreak of avian influenza, and swine industry workers	Tdap IPV MMR Hepatitis A Influenza, annually
Individuals exposed to human tissue, blood, body fluids or sewage Laboratory staff	Tdap IPV MMR Varicella Hepatitis A (if exposed to faeces) Hepatitis B Influenza, annually MenACWY and 4CMenB (if regularly working with Neisseria meningitidis cultures)
Workers who perform skin penetration procedures (eg, tattooists, body-piercers)	Tdap IPV MMR Hepatitis B
Funeral workers, embalmers and other workers who have regular contact with human tissue, blood or body fluids and/or used needles or syringes	Tdap IPV MMR Hepatitis A Hepatitis B
Sewage workers, plumbers or other workers in regular contact with untreated sewage	Tdap IPV MMR Hepatitis B
Sex workers	Tdap IPV MMR Hepatitis B HPV

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