Hazards facing workers in a medical setting
The main hazards in a medical setting:
- blood
- needle sticks
- breakage / spillage
- drug hold-ups
- medical emergencies (eg. falls, bleeding, seizures, fainting, collapses, panic attack, psychosis)
- spread of infection
- potential sources of infection:
- breakages
- contaminated waste
- patients with colds, flu and other infectious diseases
- visitors with colds, flu and other infectious diseases
- sharps (eg. needles, scalpel blades)
- spillage
- used dressings, bandages and equipment
- unsterilised and poorly sterilised equipment and work surfaces
- unwashed hands
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