Healthcare employees (for example, doctors, nurses, dentists) performing aerosol-generating procedures on known or suspected pandemic patients (for example, cough induction procedures, bronchoscopies, some dental procedures, or invasive specimen collection).
Healthcare or laboratory personnel collecting or handling specimens from known or suspected pandemic patients (for example, manipulating cultures from known or suspected pandemic influenza patients).
High Exposure Risk:
Healthcare delivery and support staff exposed to known or suspected pandemic patients (for example, doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff that must enter patients’ rooms).
Medical transport of known or suspected pandemic patients in enclosed vehicles (for example, emergency medical technicians).
Performing autopsies on known or suspected pandemic patients (for example, morgue and mortuary employees).
Medium Exposure Risk:
Employees with high-frequency contact with the general population (such as schools, high population density work environments, and some high volume retail).
Lower Exposure Risk (Caution):
Employees who have minimal occupational contact with the general public and other coworkers (for example, office employees).
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