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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.
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
When do you need health monitoring?
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 health monitoring? Health monitoring is provided by a person conducting a business or undertaking ( PCBU ) for a worker.
What information should a health monitoring doctor provide?
This information will help the health monitoring doctor to understand the situations and potential exposure levels that a worker could be exposed to. If you provide information about other hazardous chemicals your worker may be exposed to, the health monitoring doctor may be able to identify other or more severe effects.
Health Monitoring References
If you want to know more about Health Monitoring, consider exploring links below:
What Is Health Monitoring
- https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic/managing-health-and-safety/health-monitoring
- https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/resources/health-monitoring
- https://www.healthandsafetyhandbook.com.au/chapters/health-monitoring/
- https://www.safework.sa.gov.au/workers/health-and-wellbeing/health-monitoring
- https://help.kinnect.com.au/en/articles/5829629-what-is-health-monitoring-or-health-surveillance
- https://covid19.swa.gov.au/covid-19-information-workplaces/industry-information/general-industry-information/health-monitoring
- https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/362/health-monitoring
- https://www.kinnect.com.au/health-surveillance-guide-home/health-monitoring-types/
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