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Work safely outdoors with heat and wildfire smoke training

… their teams before work begins. Visit the  Outdoor Heat Exposure page for more information.  Wildfire Smoke Safety … covers the health risks and symptoms of wildfire smoke exposure, how to monitor air quality, and ways to reduce your … safety Supervisors must also complete a Wildfire Smoke Response Plan and share it with their teams before work …

Updated rabies safety information for field work

… rabies vaccine before they can work with bats. Rabies pre-exposure vaccination is recommended for personnel who may … updated Rabies Information . Refer to the CDC Rabies Pre-exposure Vaccination page  to determine your risk category and recommendations for receiving rabies pre-exposure vaccine doses. Discuss the rabies vaccine with your …

RESPIRATORY ILLNESS RESOURCES

… requirements. Respiratory illness prevention and response University of Washington’s (UW) Respiratory Illness …

Face Covering Policy

… five days. Masks  are strongly recommended after COVID-19 exposure ,   indoors when around others, until five days have …

EH&S Annual Report FY24

EH&S Annual Report FY24
412.29KB (.pdf)
… worker safety and environmental protection needs in response to water line damage impacting a medical facility. … presentations by Rebecca Stenberg, Herpes B-virus Exposure Follow-up and Case Management and Anne Terry, Malaria Case Review and Exposure Management National Academy of Sciences Workshop on …

Guidance for Building Water Flushing and Sampling During Low Flow or Low Occupancy

Guidance for Building Water Flushing and Sampling During Low Flow or Low Occupancy
208.83KB (.pdf)
… disinfectant creates a hazard to users through chemical exposure. A risk assessment must be performed prior to … to hot water system and is commonly used as a rapid response. It may be less effective than chemical disinfection … Periods of Low or No Use • NIOSH: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Legionella • CDC: Water Management Program • CDC: …

UW Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases Charter

UW Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases Charter
243.88KB (.pdf)
… responses. • Guides the University’s preparation and response activities related to communicable diseases. • … health, including o Epidemiology o Communicable disease response and prevention o Environmental and occupational … Diseases • Emergency preparedness, management, and response • University administrative and operational …

UW Food Safety Program Manual

UW Food Safety Program Manual
5.63MB (.pdf)
… 21 FOODBORNE ILLNESS INVESTIGATION AND OUTBREAK RESPONSE .................................. 22 NOTIFICATION … This includes the date of symptom onset, diagnosis, or exposure to illness. This allows the PIC to report certain … which: • Two or more persons have a similar illness after exposure to the same food source; and • Epidemiologic …

General Health and Safety Training Course Selection Guide

General Health and Safety Training Course Selection Guide
214.48KB (.pdf)
… Personnel whose work or research includes potential exposure to recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules … who are assigned work activities with potential for exposure to human blood and other potentially infectious … activities with a reasonably anticipated potential for exposure to human blood and other potentially infectious …

Food Worker Safety Focus Sheet

Food Worker Safety Focus Sheet
225.38KB (.pdf)
… ILLNESS EACH YEAR Immediately report your symptoms or exposure to the person-in-charge (PIC):  A cut, wound, burn …

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