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['Specialized Industries']
- Numerous health and safety issues may be associated with health care facilities, including biological, chemical, psychological, physical and environmental hazards.
Health care facilities include hospitals, clinics, dental offices, outpatient surgery centers, birthing centers, and nursing homes. In addition to the medical staff, large health care facilities employ a variety of trades that have health and safety hazards associated with them. These include mechanical maintenance, medical equipment maintenance, housekeeping, food service, building and grounds maintenance, laundry, and administrative staff.
Numerous health and safety issues are associated with health care facilities. The table below outlines many of these hazards.
| Hazard Category | Definition | Examples found in the hospital environment |
|---|---|---|
| Biological | Infectious/biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, that may be transmitted by contact with infected patients or contaminated body secretions/fluids | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE), hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, tuberculosis |
| Chemical | Various forms of chemicals that are potentially toxic or irritating to the body system, including medications, solutions, and gases | Ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, waste anesthetic gases, hazardous drugs such as cytotoxic agents, pentamidine, ribavirin |
| Psychological | Factors and situations that create or increase stress, emotional strain or interpersonal problems | Stress, workplace violence, shiftwork, inadequate staffing, heavy workload |
| Physical | Agents within the work environment that can cause tissue trauma | Radiation, lasers, noise, electricity, extreme temperatures, workplace violence |
| Environmental, Mechanical/Bio-mechanical | Factors encountered in the work environment that cause accidents, injuries, strain, or discomfort | Tripping hazards, unsafe/unguarded equipment, air quality, slippery floors, confined spaces, cluttered or obstructed work areas/passageways, forceful exertions, awkward postures, localized contact stresses, vibration, temperature extremes, repetitive/prolonged motions or activities, lifting and moving patients |
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- Numerous health and safety issues may be associated with health care facilities, including biological, chemical, psychological, physical and environmental hazards.
Health care facilities include hospitals, clinics, dental offices, outpatient surgery centers, birthing centers, and nursing homes. In addition to the medical staff, large health care facilities employ a variety of trades that have health and safety hazards associated with them. These include mechanical maintenance, medical equipment maintenance, housekeeping, food service, building and grounds maintenance, laundry, and administrative staff.
Numerous health and safety issues are associated with health care facilities. The table below outlines many of these hazards.
| Hazard Category | Definition | Examples found in the hospital environment |
|---|---|---|
| Biological | Infectious/biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, that may be transmitted by contact with infected patients or contaminated body secretions/fluids | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE), hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, tuberculosis |
| Chemical | Various forms of chemicals that are potentially toxic or irritating to the body system, including medications, solutions, and gases | Ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, waste anesthetic gases, hazardous drugs such as cytotoxic agents, pentamidine, ribavirin |
| Psychological | Factors and situations that create or increase stress, emotional strain or interpersonal problems | Stress, workplace violence, shiftwork, inadequate staffing, heavy workload |
| Physical | Agents within the work environment that can cause tissue trauma | Radiation, lasers, noise, electricity, extreme temperatures, workplace violence |
| Environmental, Mechanical/Bio-mechanical | Factors encountered in the work environment that cause accidents, injuries, strain, or discomfort | Tripping hazards, unsafe/unguarded equipment, air quality, slippery floors, confined spaces, cluttered or obstructed work areas/passageways, forceful exertions, awkward postures, localized contact stresses, vibration, temperature extremes, repetitive/prolonged motions or activities, lifting and moving patients |
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