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Posted By AMD
Hi Everyone
I have a 30 minute slot to eduacte & inspire medical students as part of their induction.
In my experience, explaining the different sections of the Health & safety at Work Act may put them to sleep!
Any ideas on differnt issues to raise,
So far I've got needle stick injuries, wearing PPE - latex gloves etc
& the various regulatory bodies that we report to
Thanks
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Posted By Stuart McPhaden
These are often mentioned in my inductions and get peoples attention (not sure if they are still current!):
The Gut Scraping, Tripe Dressing etc Welfare Order 1920
The Herring Curing (Scotland) Welfare Order 1926
The Flax and Tow Spinning and Weaving Regulations 1906
The Haggis (Dressing and Pickling) Welfare Order 1899
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Posted By Paul Bellis
Theres loads of stuff you could cover -and some you must! for inductions such as fire etc
to keep it interesting you could look at infection control issues, medical gasses, work equipment and Violence and Aggression for starters
Im sure there will be many suggestions to follow - but for 30 mins keep it short and relevant to what they are doing and where they are doing it. Dont over load them or they will switch off!
Paul
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Posted By Bill Bircham AMD, As well as the obvious ones you've listed, you may want to check out http://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/index.htm as the HSE will have lot's on current issues. As a final point, you MAY (only may) want to open the Pandora's Box surrounding personal implications of making a wrong decision and liabilities etc. Can't off hand recall any Drs being personally sued by the aggrieved (money hungry) or prosecuted by the Regulators, as this is not my field, but suspect that someone out there will be able to provide a balanced view. Regards Bill
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Posted By Ali
You could try ;COSHH (chemicals, pathogens), electrics, PAT, fire, manual handling, cuts, burns ..for starters !
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Posted By Dave Wilson
hand washing, hand washing and more hand washing forget the ususal stuff the biggest killer of people in hospitals is the hospital and the people who work in them!
HAI's
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Posted By Chris Packham
Somewhat concerned that you mentioned latex. This is an issue about which there is a great deal of erroneous information and hype. In fact, provided that the latex gloves are low protein and unpowdered they offer only an insignificant risk of sensitising the wearer. I am getting more problems now from organisations who have decided to more away from latex and are now using nitrile than from those who have stayed with low protein, unpowdered latex gloves. HSE guidance can easily be misinterpreted to read: "Get rid of latex!" The science does not support this view.
Re biological hazards, this is also an aspect of health and safety where there are many myths and misconceptions. Hand washing is important, but even if every healthcare worker complied 110% with the required protocols, this would not eliminate hospital acquired infection. The transfer by hand is only one way in which cross-infection can occur. It's a much more complicated picture than many assume.
If you need more on this contact me direct (chris.packham@enviroderm.co.uk of 01386 832 311)
Chris
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Posted By Dave Wilson
Chris,
I agree as an EHO and an ex Paramedic who understands the Control of infectious disease, Source - route - Target etc who has spent quite a bit of time on the wards in a hospital in my early days doing nursing.
HAi were not as prolific around then, maybe because of the 'strength' of cleaning agents and the rigorous cleaning of the wards and patients, however today with the demise of SEN's and ward staff and contracting out etc etc it is really quite bad.
If this can be instilled into Jnr Med Staff at an early stage then it can only be a good thing.
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Posted By Bob Shillabeer
Have you ever thought about asking them why they became medical student in the first place? I bet their answer would be to help people with serious illneses. Try turning it into a case of helping people with serious injuries many that will affect their patient's lives for ever and explain what H&S legislation is meant to achieve. There are a number of shock videos etc available, they won't be squemish I hope!
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Posted By Merv Newman
Remind them of the long history of medicine ; aesculapius, hippocrates, semelweis, lister, pasteur and remind them of the great tradition of "doing no harm" that they will be carrying forward
Merv
I nearly put diogenese in there. But he was only looking for an honest man. Never found one, ran out of lamp oil and died in his barrel.
So much for a consultancy.
Merv
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Posted By Raymond Rapp
Does it have to be specifcally medically orientated? If not, I think the topic of Safety Culture within an organisation would be far more interesting than most other h&s subjects. I have a short PPP on the subject I could forward to you if you are interested.
Regards
Ray
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Posted By AMD
Thanks everyone for their imput.
There is alot of useful material for me to work with.
Sadly my 30 minute slot has been cut back to 0 minutes!
But rest asure, the information provided will be used
Thanks Again
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