How should persons who refuse the vaccinations be managed?
Healthcare Services (General) Regulations, Incident management & emergency preparedness
Licensees should implement appropriate measures to ensure that high vaccination coverage is maintained, in keeping with the intent of the requirements. For example, licensees may require new hires to comply with immunity requirements imposed by these licensing conditions as part of their employment contracts.
Licensees should also proactively encourage existing personnel who do not have acceptable evidence of immunity to be vaccinated. For example, for older personnel who may be concerned about vaccine side-effects, a vaccinated individual of around the same profile could be asked to provide reassurance. For personnel who decline vaccination, the licensee may consider redeploying such personnel to settings which do not involve direct interaction with patients (in the interests of patient safety), while continuing to engage such personnel on their concerns and encouraging them to be vaccinated.
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