Coronavirus Protection for Health Care Professionals
When caring for patients with the suspected or confirmed infectious respiratory virus COVID-19, all healthcare workers need to, prior to any patient interaction assess the infectious risk posed to themselves and family. This also requires the correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) to minimise the possible risk of contraction.
This includes the use of an FFP3 respirator especially where a patient is known/suspected to have an infection spread via aerosol transmission, or when caring for patients known/suspected to be infected with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) or any other newly identified infectious respiratory virus.
Any close fitting face mask like an FFP3 respirator requires Face Fit testing by a competent person, to know your face mask is fitted and working correctly for you is paramount.
Safewell’s aim is to help support our Health Care Professionals in this time of crisis by providing a professional Face Fitting Service.
Click or call to book your Face Fit tests with Safewell, either at your place of work or send employees to our offices in Royal Wootton Bassett.
Businesses are being warned to make sure their staff are safe when working with metalworking fluids or coolants. Manufacturing businesses should implement control measures and carry out health surveillance checks with occupational health professionals.
Vision really matters. Sight is the sense people fear losing the most, yet many of us don’t know how to look after our eyes – National Eye Health Week aims to change all that!
HSE Inspectors will be visiting woodworking businesses across Great Britain to ensure duty holders know the risks associated with woodworking and have effective controls in place to keep workers safe and protect their respiratory health.
It was found Trainee students are not submitting Health Screening Questionnaires on time or unaware they are required for their pre-employment records.
As of November 2020, England entered into its 2nd lockdown. The major difference this time is that we don’t have the weather or the lighter evenings on our side.
President of IOSH 2008, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
I am pleased that you are helping dispel some of the dafter myths that surround OH&S (a passion you and I clearly have in common) and the item clearly indicates that as with so many of our professional colleagues you are not about stopping fun on the pretext of H&S. It is only with the help of people such as yourself that we will eventually get the message across that OH&S is about bringing (as you so aptly put it) purpose and value to peoples lives
