Infectious Conditions

Mandatory Procedures:

8.1    Staff who believe they are infectious must seek advice, specific to the type of work they do from their GP or Occupational Health unit before undertaking any duties with service users. Staff working in hospital settings should inform the Occupational Health unit of the relevant primary care trust. Staff should consult their line managers about any difficulties.

8.2    A risk assessment needs to be completed by an appropriately qualified person where the risks are recognised and the precautions to be taken are noted. For instance social workers/care workers assessing in a hospital setting would have to adhere to the requirements of barrier nursing as laid down by ward protocol.

Practice Guidance:

8.3    Additional advice is given in section 8

8.4    A list of notifiable infectious diseases can be found on the Health Protection Agency website: 

Notifiable diseases and how to report them - GOV.UK