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Work Restrictions for Unprotected/Unscreened Staff

Category A staff and other clinical personnel who are NOT protected against the following specified infectious diseases or screened for TB must NOT work with the following client groups and within the following clinical areas.

  • Ante-natal, peri-natal and post-natal areas including labour wards and recovery rooms
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Special Care Units
  • Paediatric wards
  • Operating theatres and recovery rooms treating prohibited client groups
  • Transplant and oncology wards
  • Respiratory wards
  • Emergency Departments
  • Intensive Care Units
Infectious Disease that staff are not protected against Client groups that unprotected staff must not work with Clinical areas in which unprotected staff cannot work
Hepatitis B Must not perform EPPs
Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and pertussis
  • Children less than 2 years of age including neonates and premature infants
  • Immuno-deficient clients (including transplant and oncology clients)
  • Pregnant women
  • Respiratory clients
Infectious Disease that staff are not screened for Client groups that unscreened staff must not work with Clinical areas in which unscreened staff cannot work
Tuberculosis All client groups All Clinical Areas

This web page is managed and authorised by AIDS & Infectious Diseases of Centre for Health Protection of the NSW Department of Health. Last updated: 31 March, 2009

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