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I work predominantly within the FM & Construction environments and a colleague has asked me to help him structure a workplace assignment / business review within the health care industry, unfortunately I haven’t worked in this industry and I need a bit of inside knowledge please on the following topic/s "What do you foresee are the main risks in primary and secondary health care services and what are the normal industry mechanisms to tackle these issues?" If you prefer please email him directly: johnmaccarthy25@yahoo.com Thank you Rick
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to start you off: violence
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I work for a national Health and Social Care charity, although we are not primary or secondary care we do practice medicine rather than simply care, so here's what we worry about:
Legionella Scalding Falls from bed & bed-rail safety Manual Handling Oxygen and other medical gases Infection control Equipment maintenance (including hoists of course) Sharps Slips, trips and falls (extremely complicated when you factor in skeletal disease, frailty and a general right to move about) Radiators Window restrictors Fire (especially evacuation) Smoking (our service users can smoke on the premises)
And then all the usual H&S stuff you would imagine in a busy workplace; such as Working from Height, Electrical safety, control of contractors and so on,
John
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