Hep A
Vaccinating an employee make sense. It is moral to protect customers from an illness that can cause serious illness and death - Bill Marler
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Resources
Dishing Up Hep A: Should Food Workers Be Vaccinated?
Hepatitis A vaccines are often distributed to restaurant patrons exposed to the virus by infected food handlers, but most places in the U.S. don't require restaurant workers to be vaccinated to prevent infection.
Should restaurant workers be required to get the Hepatitis A vaccine?
What are the arguments for and against mandatory vaccination of restaurant workers?
Hepatitis A Vaccines are Cheaper than Being the Subject of My Blog
Hardly a month passes without a warning from a health department somewhere that an infected food handler is the source of yet another potential hepatitis A outbreak. Absent vaccinations of food handlers, combined with an effective and rigorous hand-washing policy, there will continue to be more hepatitis A outbreaks. It is time for health departments across the country to require vaccinations of food-service workers, especially those who serve the very young and the elderly.
Hepatitis A – Creating a Market for Another Superfluous Vaccine
Hepatitis A vaccine appears in a brand new category on the mandated schedule called the ‘high risk’ category. The significance of this new category will soon become apparent. But before we get into that, let’s take a look at Hepatitis A the disease and assess the necessity for a mandated vaccine.
CDC
Hepatitis A vaccine is an inactivated (killed) vaccine. You will need 2 doses for long-lasting protection. These doses should be given at least 6 months apart. Children are routinely vaccinated between their first and second birthdays (12 through 23 months of age).
Patient.info
A second dose of the vaccine 6-12 months after the first gives protection for about 20 years. If you are late with this second dose, you should have it as soon as possible but you don't need to start with the first dose again. Another booster dose of hepatitis A vaccine after 20 years can be given to those people still at risk of infection.
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