Employees who travel
Employees who travel internationally for work represent a special risk group of Australians. Each company, big or small, still owes its staff a duty-of-care to ensure that as far as practical, health hazards in the “workplace” are managed, and this means assisting to identifying and managing risk for travellers. While it is clearly impossible to eliminate all travellers’ risks, addressing the issues of influenza risk for travellers is important.
- Information and education about risk is important
- Identification of individuals at higher risk is essential
- Annual vaccination should be required
- Travellers flu kit for high-risk destination (helps manage practical problems in the field
- Updated knowledge about risk
- Clinical services for unwell travellers
Travel Doctor-TMVC brings 23 years experience to the table for ensuring travelling workers get an effective management strategy in place against influenza risk.
