Occupational Health & Safety
OH&S relates to issues concerned with workplace safety and includes violence in the workplace.
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Lone Ranger: Managing Staff Safety - The Children's Hospital at Westmead
To address safety concerns for staff who work on their own outside the Hospital environment, CAPAC began using the Lone Worker Service. The service allows the lone worker to receive regular calls from an automated control centre to which they must respond.
Date created: 21 Feb 2011 | Date reviewed: 24 Feb 2011
Collaborative Development of a Portable Cooling Tool - Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service
The cooling kits are manufactured from polyester mesh fabric containing biodegradable non-toxic crystals which when soaked in water becomes a temperature retaining viscous gel. After initial cooling in a freezer the kit is placed on the patient allowing effective, indefinite cooling.
Date created: 12 Sep 2006 | Date reviewed: 22 Dec 2009
Healthy Workplace Project - Pears, Kim
As a provider of health services, Lakes DHB felt a responsibility to provide a healthy working environment for staff, and to ‘do their bit’ to reduce the obesity burden.
Date created: 26 Oct 2007 | Date reviewed: 13 Nov 2009
Forbes Health Service Manual Handling - Greater Western Area Health Service
Forbes Manual Handling project aimed to improve nurses’ ability to manage manual handling safely, by raising awareness and building a culture based on a risk management approach.
Date created: 30 Oct 2008 | Date reviewed: 31 Oct 2008
