STAFF BULLETIN 16 January 2008
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COUNCIL HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE IMPROVING
The number of Council staff involved in accidents at work is going down. The summary for the Year End Corporate Health and Safety Report 2007 shows that general health and safety performance is improving. Overall numbers of accidents to staff are also down in the first six months of 2007-8 by 30 per cent (181 to 121) and the overall rate of injury to staff per hundred staff also down (1.6 per 100 from 2.7 per 100 in the same period of 2006-7). In the interests of continual improvement in health and safety, managers are encouraged to take up the unique opportunity of gaining improved knowledge and qualifications in health and safety for free by signing up for the IOSH managing safely course. For details, contact Bhavini Khiroya on 2319. The health and safety unit has also recently produced a policy and guidance on manual handling loads. It contains essential guidance for staff on safe lifting techniques and for managers on risk assessment, planning and managing moving, lifting and carrying tasks at work. This can be found on the intranet at: Health and Safety Manual Handling Policy and Guidance
STOP THE SPREAD OF THE WINTER VOMITING 'BUG' (NOROVIRUS) To prevent more illness:
- Wash your hands frequently using warm water and a liquid soap, especially after using the toilet and before eating or preparing foods
- When you have washed your hands dry them thoroughly with a paper towel
- Wash your hands before and after touching your mouth, and coughing or sneezing into your hands
- Discard or flush away vomit and/or stool and wash hands
- Make sure that the toilet and toilet area, flush handles, taps and door handles are always kept clean
- Cover vomit immediately with paper towelling to prevent spread of the virus and report contaminated areas/ surfaces to domestic or facilities staff
- Symptomatic staff must stay off work until they have been free from all symptoms for 48 hours
- Patients must inform staff if they have been in contact with people with diarrhoea and/or vomiting in last 72 hours.
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