5 steps to employee safety in healthcare
Protecting the safety of your employees isn’t just a nice thing to do, but a legal requirement, with fines being applied for failure to do so. Here we take a look at five steps you can take to improve the safety of your employees:
- Conduct a risk assessment
Risk assessments document potential risks your lone workers may face at work and the appropriate steps everyone must take to eliminate or mitigate them. Some risk assessments cover day-to-day work, others are for specific projects and tasks, and all should be regularly checked and updated. Download our free Risk Assessment Guide. - Put a lone worker policy in place
It’s important to develop and implement a robust Lone Worker Policy to safeguard your lone workers. You should review the policy regularly, ideally after each lone worker incident, and when new challenges, regulations, and tasks occur. - Communicate and train
Communicate all relevant information to your lone workers, and offer training for all employees, especially those assigned to work with sensitive, or at-risk members of the public. Specific training to identify and de-escalate incidents can be the difference between a safety incident occurring, and everyone being okay. - Create a positive safety culture
It’s vital to create an open culture of safety where workers feel comfortable speaking up about potential safety issues. Knowing that action has been taken to protect their safety creates a safer working environment for all employees, especially lone workers. - Get a lone worker safety app
A lone worker safety app that includes a panic button, easy check-in functionality, fall protection with non-movements alerts, and low signal modes helps lone workers to feel safer in any situation. In the event of an emergency, your employees can raise an alarm discreetly to get help immediately.
Following these five steps not only puts you in the best position to protect your employees, it also means that you are following some of the latest OSHA recommendations for keeping healthcare workers safe.
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Rachel Bridge
Rachel joined StaySafe in August 2021, during that time she has developed many resources on lone worker guidance, health and safety, as well as running sector specific campaigns for employers. Before joining StaySafe, Rachel worked in the automotive and third sectors, specialising in content marketing.
Having qualified as a youth and community worker in 2010, Rachel deeply understands the importance of lone worker safety. Outside of work, Rachel “enjoys” watching football, and dying her hair pink, which she also does for charity once a year.
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