Guidance on Swine and other Pandemic Flus

What can your company due to reduce the risk of a pandemic flu affecting your business? OSHA has some helpful guidelines on flu preparedness and response.

Here are some good suggestions:

• Communicate to employees what options may be available to them for working from home.
  
• Communicate the office leave policies, policies for getting paid, transportation issues, and day care concerns.
  
• Make sure that your employees know where supplies for hand hygiene are located.
  
• Monitor public health communications about pandemic flu recommendations and ensure that your employees also have access to that information.
  
• Work with your employees to designate a person(s), website, bulletin board or other means of communicating important pandemic flu information.

The OSHA guidance includes helpful information on protecting employees, minimizing transmission, and even how to maintain operations during a pandemic.

Click Here for More Information: Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic