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Best practices for the assessment and control of physical hazards : best practices guidelines for occupational health and safety in the healthcare industry

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This volume is a companion document to the No Unsafe Lift Workbook, where the features of safe patient handling are described. Patient handling is the predominant physical hazard in the healthcare... More ≫

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This volume is a companion document to the No Unsafe Lift Workbook, where the features of safe patient handling are described. Patient handling is the predominant physical hazard in the healthcare sector. Together, the two documents combine to provide a comphrehensive summary of best practices that have been shown to be effective in controlling the leading physical hazards in the healthcare sector.

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Best practices for the assessment and control of biological hazards : best practices guidelines for occupational health and safety in the healthcare industry

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Provides information to assist with identifying, assessing and controlling biological hazards in healthcare workplaces. This is not meant to be a definitive text on the nature of biological... More ≫

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Provides information to assist with identifying, assessing and controlling biological hazards in healthcare workplaces. This is not meant to be a definitive text on the nature of biological hazards. It is a summary of practices that have been shown to be successful in reducing the health and safety risks for health care workers.

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Overview of best practices in occupational health and safety in the healthcare industry : best practices guidelines for occupational health and safety in the healthcare industry

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Highlights general health and safety issues in the healthcare environment by considering: how current challenges in the industry impact OHS; legislated roles and responsibilities for all workforce... More ≫

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Highlights general health and safety issues in the healthcare environment by considering: how current challenges in the industry impact OHS; legislated roles and responsibilities for all workforce parties for ensuring the health and safety of the workplace; strategies to create and maintain safe and healthy work environments; a framework for identifying and controlling hazards; common elements of occupational health and safety programs; and the importance of worker participation in program development and implementation.

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