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Posted By Shane Johnston
We hold Blood Donor sessions on site on a regular basis. Company policy allows individuals to give blood during work time, and then return to work. My concern is that we operate a number of hazardous operations (FLT, Cranes, Lathes, large tracked vehicles etc), and I am sure that we should not allow individuals who have given blood to return to these operations.
Any advice on this issue would be welcomed.
Shane.
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Posted By JULIE SANDERS
Shane
Whenever ever I have given blood in the past I am always asked if I am to carryout any hazardous operations, use machinery etc afterwards. If you contact the NBS directly I am sure they will be able to assist.
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter
Shane
This is a case for individual risk assessment if ever there was one. Hard physical work after donating could cause problems (although I did once play squash immediately after donating - such is the folly of youth!) and some individuals may be more susceptible to the after effects of donating. However, unless the after effects include mental impairment or reduction in co-ordination, I would have thought that FLT and crane drivers should be able to work. For those individuals who may be prone lightheadedness or fainting, use of machine tools would be ill-advised, but for how long?
Paul
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Posted By Diane Thomason
I agree with Julie that you should contact the NBS for advice to assist with your risk assessment. I'm pretty sure they have specific advice re. driving and operating machinery.
Of course, giving blood affects people differently - I've been a blood donor for years and always felt fine after donating.
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Posted By Jane Blunt NBS have an FAQ page that touches on the subject above at http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/b10faq.htmlClearly the risk is relatively low, otherwise the public would not be allowed to drive away from the session. Jane
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Posted By Keith Archer.
Shane,
Just a thought could you not arrange with the donor service to be on site towards the end of the working day. This would allow for workers then to give blood then go home. If for practical reasons say for instance you operate a shift patterns this would still work up some extent by doing it at the end of one shift. adopting this would reduce the amount of people doing hazardous tasks after donating.
Hope this helps
Keith
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