Exposure risk assessment matrices updated

Public Health Response Branch and Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) have updated the following matrices:

Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Exposure Risk Assessment Matrix for Fully Vaccinated Staff

Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Exposure Risk Assessment Matrix for Unvaccinated or Partially Vaccinated Staff

Evidence Brief to support the risk categorisations

Please note:

• with high levels of vaccination across the workforce, the ‘unvaccinated or partially vaccinated’ matrix is for use in the rare instance that a worker in this category needs to be risk assessed for a COVID-19 exposure.
• with the lifting of the Stay at Home Order, vaccinated close contacts of community cases of COVID-19 will be required to undertake only seven days of isolation, followed by a further seven-day period during which they must not attend high risk settings, including healthcare settings.