Updated Guidelines for Symptom Monitoring and Management of Workers for SARS-CoV2 Infection

Updated Guidelines for Symptom Monitoring and Management of Workers for SARS-CoV2 Infection

What is new in this version?

1. The list of symptoms, aligned to the latest National Institute for Communicable Diseases guideline, and to the Department of Employment and Labour Consolidated OHS Directive of 28 September 2020, has been inserted into the Procedure section. It can be used for screening purposes and forms the basis for referral to a health professional for further evaluation.

2. Due to possible changing legislation, reference to specific legal requirements governing sick leave has been removed from the text, since the procedure may vary from workplace to workplace.

3. The use of the attached Symptom Monitoring Sheet for workers in quarantine or isolation has been further clarified.

4. The Symptom Monitoring Sheet has been modified, the recording of respiratory rate has been removed as it cannot be easily monitored, while the recording of temperature is only necessary should a thermometer be available to the worker in quarantine/isolation.

5. Headache, while being a non-specific symptom, appears to be a commonly presenting symptom in patients with COVID-19, and has been added to the Symptom Monitoring Sheet for completeness.

Source: NIOH

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