Home, safety

For most patients, drugs will be prescribed after discharge to be taken at home. Because the home is not as controlled an environment as a health care facility, the nurse should assess the patient s home environment carefully to ensure complete safety. It is important to keep in mind the following when making a home safety assessment ... 

CO gas sensors have a myriad of applications, not only for home safety, but also in measuring atmospheric concentrations, in the exhaust of cars, and for process monitoring in industrial plants. 

Child Safety Starter Pack—Materials for teaching home safety. Includes information sheets, statistics and a selection of leaflets, 12.50 Streets Ahead— Teaching ideas for integrated safety education programmes. Includes cross curricular worksheets and activities on road... 

Nursing Homes Safety and Health Training Course. Oakland, CA OSH A Office of Training and Education. 

Orr, G. Identifying Risk Factors for Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Nursing Homes. OSHA Directorate of Technical Support, Nursing Homes Safety and Health Training Course, OSHA Office of Training and Education, USDL, July 1996. 

Tweedy, J. Nursing Home Safety and Workers Compensation Management Guide. Birmingham, AL Hill Insurance Services, 1993. 

Small wall- or ceiling-mounted carbon monoxide detectors can be useful and part of an overall home safety program. But keep in mind the following ... 

The site goes well beyond chemical process safety as it has industrial safety, home safety, driver safety, emergency response, RMP, and related topics. 

Injury prevention is concerned directiy with the protection of the manpower asset within an organisation. To a lesser extent, it is indirectly concerned with the protection of the money asset, as a reduction in the number of injuries should result in a reduction in both the insured and the uninsured accident costs. In certain injury prevention programmes, the protection of the manpower asset is extended outside the factory, via the inclusion of off-the-job safety, road safety and home safety. 

Mobile Home Safety Products, 28165 B Front Street, Suite 121, Temecula, CA 92390. 

This is a true story that can be used as an accident recall to emphasize the importance of home safety. 

In addition to streamlining safety practices at work, it is important to develop your home safety system — the layers of protection that you have around you and your family. 

Off-the-job or home safety downplayed) Percent safe Percent safe over time Number of unsafe acts renorted... 

Bring in outside help. Medical professionals for blood pressure checks, flu shots, etc. Police for drunk glasses and self-defense demonstrations. Fire departments for home safety tips. 

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