Influenza
As we move into the influenza season it is important to be aware that many common respiratory infections are spread from person to person via coughing and sneezing. The best way to protect yourself and others from influenza type infections is to be proactive and adopt good hygiene practices for infection control.
The health, safety and well being of staff and students is the Department's highest priority at all times and departmental staff are reminded to be vigilant in implementing infection control practices that minimise the potential for disease transmission.
Useful Health Resources
These links provide a range of resources to prevent the spread of influenza in your worksite.
Other resources for schools, TAFEs and DET offices
Flu vaccination program
- You have children who go to school or day care
- You are a smoker (smokers are more likely to get complications from the flu)
- You have a chronic medical condition e.g. cardiac condition, lung disease or asthma
- You work or travel in crowds
- You live or work with people in a high risk group (with a chronic medical condition)
- Influenza spreads easily from person to person through coughing and sneezing
- You don 't have to have flu symptoms to spread the virus
- People can take several weeks to recover from the flu
- Fit and healthy people are at risk of the flu as well and should be vaccinated — flu does not discriminate against who it infects
- Influenza vaccination is needed each year
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