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Welcome To The HDI (Hopkinton Drug Inc.) Flu Blog !
Influenza (the "flu") can be a very serious disease. Even healthy adults can get sick. If you get the flu, you can spread it to family, friends, or co-workers.
The intent of this blog is to provide up to date information about Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) from various sources, in easy to understand language. We will also include links for Flu information at Government agencies and Medical organizations. We hope the information provided here will help you to "Not Get the Flu..Not Spread the Flu, and to Get Vaccinated"
August 26, 2009
by: rferraro @ 1:33 pm
Below are some excerpts from a guidance for businesses and employers released by the Federal Government.
The guidance, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is designed to help employers prepare now for the impact that seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza could have this fall and winter on their employees and operations.
“If employees are sick, they need to be encouraged to stay home. If people begin to experience flu-like symptoms at work, they should be sent home and possibly encouraged to seek medical treatment,’’ said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
-Employers’ plans should address such points as encouraging employees with flu-like symptoms or illness to stay home, operating with reduced staffing, and possibly having employees who are at higher risk of serious medical complications from infection work from home.
-Employers should work with employees to develop and implement common sense measures to reduce the risk of spreading the flu. Encourage workers who are sick to stay home, encourage seasonal flu vaccination as well as H1N1 vaccination when that vaccine becomes available.
-Employers should try to make sick leave policies flexible for workers who may have to stay home with ill family members or if a child’s school is closed, the CDC says.
-Employers should consider offering vaccine against seasonal flu, and encourage employees to be vaccinated against seasonal and H1N1 flu, the guidance says.
-Employees who are at higher risk for flu complications might be allowed to work from home or stay home if the flu is severe, it says.
To read the entire new release ‘CLICK HERE’
In many instances The Hopkinton Drug can provide an on-site Flu Shot Clinic at your business or facility – call 508-435-4441 for details.