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Classifying Employee Exposure to
Pandemic Influenza at Work
Employee risks of occupational exposure to influenza during a pandemic may vary from very high to high, medium, or lower (caution) risk. The level of risk depends in part on whether or not jobs require close proximity to people potentially infected with the pandemic influenza virus, or whether they are required to have either repeated or extended contact with known or suspected sources of pandemic influenza virus such as coworkers, the general public, outpatients, school children or other such individuals or groups.
- Very high exposure risk occupations are those with high potential exposure to high concentrations of known or suspected sources of pandemic influenza during specific medical or laboratory procedures.
- High exposure risk occupations are those with high potential for exposure to known or suspected sources of pandemic influenza virus.
- Medium exposure risk occupations include jobs that require frequent, close contact (within 6 feet) exposures to known or(continued on page 12)
