Is our immunisation program Practice owners, senior dentists or the dental service Policies or procedures (or contracts) describing the consistent with the national executive should have a program to minimise the risk of requirements for immunisation for both new and immunisation guidelines? exposure of both dental team members and patients to existing team members against specific vaccine specific vaccine preventable infections. preventable infections Immunisation register with information on: An immunisation program should include: all team members employed a record of each dental team member’s the date that each team member commenced immunisation status employment a policy based on the Australian Immunisation the immunisation status of each team member Handbook53 and any state or territory health whether or not a letter from a qualified health department requirements professional is held on file for each team member, a statement of and how these risks are to stating that they have been immunised as required be managed for the type of work they do details of the information provided to dental team members about: Other: immunisation and relevant vaccine preventable diseases how the practice manages vaccination refusal, for example managing the risk of a dental team member transmitting disease to vulnerable patients what will happen if a dental team member refuses reasonable requests for vaccination reference to infection prevention and control practices information on the process for reviewing and maintaining the immunisation program a record of: advice provided to dental team members dental team members who refuse requests to be vaccinated.
Is our immunisation program consistent with the national immunisation guidelines? Practice owners, senior dentists or the dental service executive should have a program to minimise the risk of exposure of both dental team members and patients to specific vaccine preventable infections. An immunisation program should include: a record of each dental team member’s immunisation status a policy based on the Australian Immunisation Handbook53 and any state or territory health department requirements a statement of and how these risks are to be managed details of the information provided to dental team members about: immunisation and relevant vaccine preventable diseases how the practice manages vaccination refusal, for example managing the risk of a dental team member transmitting disease to vulnerable patients what will happen if a dental team member refuses reasonable requests for vaccination reference to infection prevention and control practices information on the process for reviewing and maintaining the immunisation program a record of: advice provided to dental team members dental team members who refuse requests to be vaccinated. Policies or procedures (or contracts) describing the requirements for immunisation for both new and existing team members against specific vaccine preventable infections Immunisation register with information on: all team members employed the date that each team member commenced employment the immunisation status of each team member whether or not a letter from a qualified health professional is held on file for each team member, stating that they have been immunised as required for the type of work they do Other:
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