Swine Flu – Preparing for the winter resurgence
Use the guide below to help you prepare your business for swine flu. If you would like help in managing this or any other business risk please contact us on 01453 800100
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Risk Aspects & Controls
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Managed through
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Responsible person
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Notes
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Covering key job types
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Others being training in the skill
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- Consider lift trucks and other plant or machinery requiring specific licences to operate.
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Staff with pre existing health problems
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Lowering the risk of infection
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- Reducing or eliminating contact with members of the public.
- Reducing or eliminating the need for face to face meetings.
- Supplying and encouraging the use of disposable hand wipes and tissues. Implementing improved cleaning of desks, phones, keyboards etc.
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Staff who are at higher risk (pregnancy)
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Lowering the risk of infection
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Operating with reduced numbers
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Temporary or other staff
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- Contact local suppliers of temporary staff (increased costs)
- Contact retired staff to check if they could be available to assist.
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Reduce contact and likelihood of cross contamination
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Identify tasks which could be completed remotely
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- Identify all staff which could work from home.
- Identify all staff which currently have provision to work from home.
- Implement systems and VPN to enable remote working.
- Carry out risk assessment and implement safety policy for home working.
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Control risks from those already infected
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Control risks from those already infected
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Staff showing symptoms not to attend work
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- Make the company policy clear that those showing symptoms should remain at home.
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Return to work
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Communication
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- Ensure that your home contact details are up to date for staff if they do not carry company mobiles.
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Control of cross infection
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Good hygiene, raising awareness amongst staff
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- Provide antibacterial hand wipes or alcohol based hand gel for staff (beware of flammability)
- Provide disposable tissues
- Improve standard of hygiene / cleaning at the workplace (see above sections 2 and 3).
- Communicate risk management to staff and ensure they are aware of the role they must play
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