Consider leptospirosis vaccination for employees only in exceptional cases

Vaccination of employees against leptospirosis should only be considered by company doctors in exceptional cases, the Health Council of the Netherlands writes in an advisory report to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. It would be a vaccination offer on an individual basis for employees who, in spite of protective measures to prevent exposure to urine of contaminated rodents or contaminated surface water, are still at risk of becoming ill. The available vaccine is safe, but according to the Health Council there is too little recent data to advise a general offer to certain professions.