Nationwide Drug Testing and On-Site Medical Services By Mobile Medical Corporation

With most Summer construction related employment taking place on open air job sites, safety managers need to be aware of all outdoor risks including West Nile Virus. West Nile Virus is a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall. Most often the virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to humans and other animals when they bite. Even a small outbreak of West Nile Virus could lead to employee absenteeism, loss of time and money and other project delays and interruptions. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control ( CDC ) Up to 20% of the people who become infected have symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach and back. Symptoms can last for as short as a few days, though even healthy people have become sick for several...