Health and Safety

Please familiarise yourself with the following procedures for health and safety.

Should you injure yourself in the workplace, please ensure you complete a record of the accident/incident in the Workplace Accident Register kept at reception in the pigeon hole by the roster.

For more information please review the Guide to Occupational Health and Safety in the Policies section.

Needle Stick Injuries

In addition to completing a record of accident/incident, should you obtain a needle stick injuries, please refer to the documents kept in the Infection Control folder in resus.

AMC Management of Needle Stick Injuries

Immediate Management of BBFEs Resource

Guide to Follow up Testing

Managing Aggressive Behaviour

The Health and Safety folder at reception contains helpful tips on managing and responding to aggressive behaviour.

Responding to abusive patients