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#1 Posted : 18 December 2006 10:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Karel Simpson Good Morning All, I have recently taken up the post that I am currently in and keep opening up a can of worms constantly. One of these cans that I have recently opened is with our operatives and the potential to come into contact with hyperdermic needles. A little bit of background - we are a construction come maintenace and refurbishment company we have a lot of dealings with tenants in properties for housing authorities and occassionally our workers come into contact with needles. I have past experience in this issue from when I used to carry out a security and safety consultant role in a place where heroin addiction was high. I am looking for any training presentations that nice people would like to share with me, to save me re-inventing the wheel so to speak. I am starting to put together a training package together on this subject but any further material would be great. Regards and A Merry Xmas! KS
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#2 Posted : 18 December 2006 11:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Oliver I've also come across this issue karel, however the training I provided was quite simple; Take the sharps box to where the needle is located and not the other way round. I suppose you'd need to concentrate on where needles can be hidden, used to get lots down the back seats of buses, and behind kitchen cupboards.
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#3 Posted : 18 December 2006 12:58:00(UTC)
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Posted By energy saver Hi Karel Email me directly and i think i have some stuff from my last employment which you could use.
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#4 Posted : 20 December 2006 00:03:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Packham Karel There is an organisation that specialises in providing training for just the sort of situation that you mention. If you contact me direct (chris.packham@enviroderm.co.uk or 01386 832 311) I can give you a contact point. Regards Chris
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