What does ISO 45001 have to do with our safety at work?
By A/Prof David Allen, Consultant Occupational and Environmental Physician. Hospitals are like small towns or cities with many varied and complex tasks and hazards. These include hazardous substances, manual handling risks, mental health issues, radiation, violence, and infectious diseases like COVID-19. Costs of injuries and illnesses in healthcare can be huge, and a big drag on the bottom line. Good safety management systems can help to control those costs and ensure that scarce funds are not wasted on preventable injuries or illnesses. ISO 45001 is an international standard for a safety management system published by the International Standards Organisation www.iso.org. …
