CDC Is Seeking Occupational Health Partners to Vaccinate

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking the participation of occupational health partners to vaccinate essential workers. This action will encourage employers and workers’ compensation insurance companies to assist in vaccinating essential workers.

Vaccine Recommendations: Essential Workers and Seniors

Today the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP] recommended the following phased allocation of COVID-19 \vaccination for both essential workers and seniors. Vaccination of essential workers will favorably impact workers' compensation losses, especially in those jurisdictions where rebuttable presumptions have been enacted that liberalize the burden of proof required to claim workers' compensation benefits.

Lab Worker Infected by Vaccinia Virus Infection Despite Recent Immunized

The US CDC reported:

Occupational exposures to orthopoxviruses in laboratories can result in infections. The most effective means of prevention are preexposure smallpox vaccination, training, and laboratory safety measures such as proper handling and disposal of needles. In addition, incident reporting and timeliness of seeking medical treatment for inadvertent exposures are critical components of laboratory response plans.