• UNITED STATES
• Guidance for protecting workers against avian flu. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
  Description: Provides background information on transmission and prevention to anyone, such as farm animal handlers, laboratory workers, food handlers, etc. who may come in contact with contaminated birds.
• Avian influenza protecting poultry workers at risk. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
  Description: Advisory paper intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthy workplace to poultry workers.
• Interim Guidance for Protection of Persons Involved in U.S. Avian Influenza Outbreak Disease Control and Eradication Activities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  Description: Guidelines on how to protect people involved in activities that could result in exposure to avian influenza, such as culling operations, carcass disposal, and cleaning and disinfection of premises. [ Display this document in : Spanish ]
• Interim recommendations for persons with possible exposure to avian influenza during outbreaks among poultry in the United States (February 2004). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  Description: Provides interim guidance for persons who might be exposed to avian influenza, health-care professionals and consumers of poultry. [ Display this document in : Spanish ]
• Interim guidance for airline flight crews and persons meeting passengers arriving from areas with avian influenza. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  Description: Specific guidance on the handling of passengers suspected of having avian influenza.
• Interim recommendations for infection control in health-care facilities caring for patients with known or suspected avian influenza. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  Description: Provides guidance for protection of health-care workers involved in the care of patients in the United States with known or suspected avian influenza.
• Interim guidelines for the protection of persons handling wild birds with reference to highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Wildlife Health Center.
  Description: Provides guidance for field biologists and others working with or handling wild birds with specific reference to highly pathogenic avian influenza.

• UNITED KINGDOM
• Working with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
  Description: Addresses risks when working with poultry, in laboratories and for health care workers.

• GERMANY
• Schutz von Beschäftigten vor der Vogelgrippe (in German) [Protection of workers against avian influenza]. Jointly prepared by the Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften - HVBG, Bundesverband der Unfallkassen - BUK, Bundesverband der landwirtschaftlichen Berufsgenossenschaften - BLB).
  Description: Release prepared by the German accident insurance institutions (HVBG, BUK and BLB) that sets out general safety measures to protect workers against avian influenza.
• Aktuell: Vogelgrippe in Deutschland - Hinweise der Berufsgenossenschaften (in German) [Avian influenza in Germany - Recommendations made by professional associations].
  Description: Gives access to a series of documents providing general guidance to workers as well as information targeted at specific industrial sectors (such as medical services, restaurants, food processing industries, etc.).

• FRANCE
• Grippe aviaire : risques en milieu professionnel et perspectives en cas de pandémie. (in French) [Work-related risks and prospects in the event of pandemia]. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (INRS).
  Description: Responses to workers' questions in aviculture (poultry farming, rearing and keeping) and those travelling for work in the affected countries.

See also Responding to infectious diseases in health care settings, CIS News, October 2005.