Significance of Regular Health Monitoring Practices

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What is health monitoring?

Health monitoring is the monitoring of a worker by doctors to identify changes in their health status because of exposure to certain substances. If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must provide health monitoring to workers if there is a significant risk to workers health because of exposure to a hazardous chemical.

What is a Health Monitoring Guide?

Health monitoring guides for hazardous chemicals − Health monitoring guide for workers − Health monitoring guide for persons conducting business or undertakings (PCBUs). In certain circumstances, the model WHS Regulations place duties on a PCBU to provide health monitoring to workers.

Why is health monitoring important?

It lets the PCBU know if control measures are not effective or if a worker’s health is being affected by exposure to hazardous chemicals, so that action can be taken. Health monitoring is carried out by or supervised by a registered medical practitioner (a doctor) with experience in health monitoring.

Who is responsible for health monitoring?

Health monitoring is carried out by or supervised by a registered medical practitioner (a doctor) with experience in health monitoring. For hazardous chemicals, a PCBU must provide health monitoring to workers if there is a significant risk: to worker’s health because of exposure to a hazardous chemical listed in table 14.1 of Schedule 14, or

What Is General Health Monitoring

1. https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic/managing-health-and-safety/health-monitoring
2. https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/resources/health-monitoring
3. https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/trainees/training-resources/afoem-training-resources/afoem-atm-2019-health-monitoring-under-health-and-safety-at-work-worksafe-nz.pdf?sfvrsn=ffe8181a_2
4. https://www.healthandsafetyhandbook.com.au/chapters/health-monitoring/
5. https://covid19.swa.gov.au/covid-19-information-workplaces/industry-information/general-industry-information/health-monitoring
6. https://help.kinnect.com.au/en/articles/5829629-what-is-health-monitoring-or-health-surveillance
7. https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/publications/health-monitoring-duties-persons-conducting-business-or-undertaking
8. https://wha.net.au/news/health-monitoring-programs-are-good-for-employees-and-good-for-business/

General Health Monitoring Information

1. https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/servicesandsupport/regular-health-checks
2. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/health-and-wellbeing-apps
3. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/population-health-monitoring
4. https://asbestos.nt.gov.au/general-information/health-monitoring