If you If you reasonably reasonably suspect suspect someone someone could could havehave the virus, the virus, or or has been has been exposed, exposed, this this creates creates a health a health risk risk at your at your workplace, workplace, and and you you will need will need to follow to follow the steps the steps below. below.
You You are not are expected, not expected, and and should should not try, not to try,diagnose to diagnose people. people. However, However, you you havehave a work a work health health and and safety safety dutyduty to minimise to minimise the risk the risk of workers of workers and and others others in the in workplace the workplace being being exposed exposed
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Call your Call your statestate or territory or territory helpline. helpline. Follow Follow advice advice of of
5. IDENTIFY 5. IDENTIFY & INFORM & INFORM Consider Consider who who the person the person has had has close had close contact contact with.with. If instructed If instructed by public by public health health
Prevent Prevent the spread. the spread. Isolate Isolate the person the person fromfrom others others and and provide provide a disposable a disposable surgical surgical mask, mask, if available, if available, for the for the person person to wear. to wear.
4. CLEAN 4. CLEAN
Clean Clean and disinfect and disinfect the areas the areas where where the person the person and close and close contacts contacts havehave been. been. Do not Do not use those use those areasareas untiluntil this this process process is complete. is complete. Use PPE Use PPE
Review Review risk management risk management controls controls relating relating to COVID-19 to COVID-19 and review and review whether whether workwork may may needneed to change. to change. Consult Consult workers workers on WHS on WHS issues. issues.
6. REVIEW 6. REVIEW
Ensure Ensure the person the person has has transport transport to their to their home home or toor to a medical a medical facility. facility.
3. TRANSPORT 3. TRANSPORT
2. IDENTIFY 2. IDENTIFY & INFORM & INFORM Identify Identify who who at the at workplace the workplace had close had close contact contact
1. SEEK 1. SEEK ADVICE ADVICE
Call your Call your statestate or territory or territory helpline. helpline. Follow Follow advice advice of of
The The person person you you areare concerned concerned about about was was recently recently at the at the workplace workplace
theythey may may havehave beenbeen exposed exposed and follow and follow advice advice on on quarantine quarantine requirements. requirements.
2. SEEK 2. SEEK ADVICE ADVICE
1. ISOLATE 1. ISOLATE
The The person person you you areare concerned concerned about about is at is the at the workplace workplace
COVID-19 COVID-19atat the theworkplace workplace
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