2023-04-22 12:49:19
published on April 22, 2023
From April 24 to May 30, 2023, European Vaccination Week takes place.
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The objectives of this mobilization are to remind that vaccination is the best prevention once morest certain infectious diseases and to allow a better understanding of the challenges of vaccine protection. It provides the public with simple and up-to-date educational information on vaccination and to obtain answers to the questions they ask themselves when faced with infectious diseases that are often poorly known or even forgotten.
Calendar 2023
On this occasion, the Ministry of Health publishes the new 2023 vaccination schedule 2023 vaccination schedule following advice from the High Authority for Health (HAS). In particular, it sets out new vaccination recommendations for children and mentions the extensive skills of non-physician health professionals in the field of vaccination.
In the workplace, vaccination has two objectives:
Above all, to protect employees once morest a professional risk, but also to avoid, by immunizing them, that they contaminate those around them (colleagues, patients in healthcare settings, etc.).
Whether vaccination is mandatory or recommended:
- It must fit into a comprehensive prevention approach infectious risks drawn up by the employer in collaboration with the occupational physician, the CSE,
- It cannot replace the measures of collective and individual protection aimed at reducing exposure,
- It should only be done following risk assessment and informing the employee of this risk and the means of protecting once morest it,
- It must comply with the regulations and the recommendations of the vaccination schedule,
- It is the responsibility of the employer when it is justified by the existence of a professional risk.
Are your vaccinations up to date? Seek advice from health professionals in your occupational health service!
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