Occupational health and safety

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1. Adverse event reporting and patient safety: The role of a just culture

   • Patient accident
   • Adverse reaction
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Patient accident
     • Adverse reaction
     • Just Culture
     • Patient safety incident
     • Patient harmed
     • Reporting
     • Implementation
     • Organisational culture
     • Transparency
     • Feedback

   By Augustine Kumah, 6 January

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   • 2,193 views
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   • 6 January

2. Safety Talks Podcast: Return to work for healthcare workers (4 March 2024)

   • Occupational medicine
   • Staff safety
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Occupational medicine
     • Staff safety
     • Mental health

   By Mark Hughes, 6 March, 2024

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   • 1,139 views
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   • 6 March, 2024

3. Institution of Occupational Health and Safety: Managing the effects of shift work on health

   • Staff safety
   • Working hours
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Staff safety
     • Working hours
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Staff support
     • Psychological safety
     • Health and safety

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 August, 2023

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   • 18 August, 2023

4. Protecting health workers from hazardous products (9 February 2023)

   • Health and safety
   • Staff safety
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Health and safety
     • Staff safety
     • Regulatory issue
     • Health hazards

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 March, 2023

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   • 6 March, 2023

5. Advanced clinical practitioners’ inter-shift need for recovery: a cross-sectional survey in emergency medicine (20 July 2022)

   • Fatigue / exhaustion
   • Working hours
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • Working hours
     • Workload analysis
     • Staff safety
     • Staff factors
     • Emergency medicine

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 September, 2022

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   • 17 September, 2022

6. The occupational hazards of surgical smoke plume in the operating theatre (Surgical Plume Alliance, 27 June 2022)

   • Surgery - General
   • Health and safety
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Surgery - General
     • Health and safety
     • Physical environment
     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
     • Staff safety

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 August, 2022

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   • 1,432 views
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   • 1 August, 2022

7. Long Covid: supporting nurses with Long Covid in the workplace (Nursing Times, 18 July 2022)

   • Virus
   • Pandemic
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Virus
     • Pandemic
     • Recovery
     • Post-virus support
     • Long Covid
     • Staff support
     • Staff safety
     • Occupational medicine

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 July, 2022

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   • 1,113 views
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   • 23 July, 2022

8. Open letter submitted to the British Medical Association: health worker who are living with occupationally acquired Long Covid (5 July 2022)

   • Staff safety
   • Staff support
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Staff safety
     • Staff support
     • Long Covid
     • Post-virus support

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 July, 2022

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   • 832 views
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   • 20 July, 2022

9. Occupational mental health: Addressing patients’ occupational, educational and psychosocial needs as an essential aspect of mental health care (RCPsych, 14 July 2022)

   • Mental health
   • Staff support
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Mental health
     • Staff support
     • Staff safety
     • Work / environment factors
     • Organisational culture

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 July, 2022

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   • 1,181 views
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   • 15 July, 2022

10. HSE: Managing risks and risk assessment at work

    • Health and safety
    • Risk assessment
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Health and safety
      • Risk assessment
      • Risk management

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 January, 2022

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    • 1,045 views
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    • 1 January, 2022

11. How do occupational therapists contribute to patient safety?

    • Occupational medicine
    • Falls
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Occupational medicine
      • Falls
      • Hospital ward
      • Home
      • Patient engagement

    By Susanna Keenan OT, 3 November, 2021

    • 1 comment
    • 6,592 views
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    • Comment by Sam
    • 23 September, 2022

12. Working together to grow occupational health services and impact: Presentation from John Drew (15 September 2021)

    • Staff factors
    • Staff support
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Staff factors
      • Staff support
      • Organisational culture
      • Leadership

    By Sam, 16 October, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 994 views
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    • 16 October, 2021

13. Health and Wellbeing in the NHS – the journey so far: NHS England and NHS Improvement presentation (15 September 2021)

    • Staff safety
    • Staff support
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Staff safety
      • Staff support
      • Organisational culture
      • Leadership

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 October, 2021

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    • 1,116 views
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    • 16 October, 2021

14. NHS Health at Work Network

    • Occupational medicine
    • Staff safety
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Occupational medicine
      • Staff safety
      • Staff support
      • Health and safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 22 August, 2021

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    • 1,116 views
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    • 22 August, 2021

15. CDC: Hierarchy of controls

    • Risk management
    • Risk assessment
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Risk management
      • Risk assessment
      • Health and safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 August, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,314 views
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    • 3 August, 2021

16. Long Covid: Implications for the workplace (3 April 2021)

    • Occupational medicine
    • Long Covid
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Occupational medicine
      • Long Covid
      • Staff support

    By Patient Safety Learning, 9 April, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,209 views
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    • 9 April, 2021

17. Are agency healthcare practitioners adequately covered to work in private hospitals?

    • Clinic
    • Nurse
    • (and 9 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Clinic
      • Nurse
      • Health and safety
      • External factors
      • Accountability
      • Feedback
      • Patient safety strategy
      • Recognition
      • After action review
      • Investigation
      • Private sector

    By Anonymous, 28 January, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,395 views
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    • Added by Anonymous
    • 28 January, 2021

18. BMA Fatigue and Facilities charter (July 2018)

    • Fatigue / exhaustion
    • Staff safety
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Staff safety
      • Staff factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 December, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 981 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 8 December, 2020

19. WorkSafe: The hierarchy of control

    • Risk management

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 November, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 807 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 3 November, 2020

20. Health and Safety Blog: General hierarchy of control measures (19 April 2018)

    • Risk management
    • Health and safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 September, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 872 views
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    • 3 September, 2020

21. Occupational respiratory allergic diseases in healthcare workers (November 2016)

    • Healthcare
    • Staff safety
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Healthcare
      • Staff safety
      • Medicine - Respiratory
      • Medicine - Allergy

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 May, 2020

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    • 1,140 views
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    • 4 May, 2020

22. Workplace health and safety standards (NHS Staff Council's Health Safety and Wellbeing Partnership Group, updated August 2023) 2013)

    • Health and safety
    • Work / environment factors
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Health and safety
      • Work / environment factors
      • Staff safety
      • Staff factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 January, 2020

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    • 1,225 views
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    • 12 January, 2020