Vaccinations and Titers: Don’t Risk Non-Compliance
The global race for an effective COVID-19 vaccine dramatizes a vaccine’s role in preventing the spread of highly contagious diseases. While the world waits, medical experts advise an early annual flu vaccine as a precaution against a potential second wave of COVID-19 this fall. To help businesses protect staff and remain in compliance, Mobile Health[Read the Rest]
Flu Season Staffing Strategy?
Do you have a flu season staffing strategy and contingency plan? Any illness during the year, particularly the flu, can greatly impact employee attendance. Flu Season has arrived, and while on-site vaccination clinics and Flu Shot Programs can help prevent the flu, your workplace must prepare to handle staffing. Hindsight is 20/20. Look at your[Read the Rest]
The 2015-16 Flu Season is Over
Recently the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) commissioner has declared that influenza is no longer prevalent in NY State for the 2015-2016 season. This means that all article 28, 36, and 40 health care and residential facilities and agencies are no longer required to have any unvaccinated employees wear a mask in areas[Read the Rest]
Health Alert: 2015-2016 Flu Season Is Here
New York Department of Health authorities announced last Thursday, 2/11/2016, that the influenza virus is now prevalent in New York, prompting the official beginning of the 2016 influenza season. This means that as of last Thursday, February 11th, New York State Sanitary Code (10 NYCRR § 2.59) requires all health care and residential facilities as well[Read the Rest]