Question

In healthcare, what are things that we do or things that happen that make employees feel unsafe?

Answer 1

In health care setting the employees feel unsafe the things that make employees unsafe are:-

• Disease transmission/ blood pathogen:- this is the common and very serious threat for all employees who work in hospital setting because the worker handle the infective patients as well as they also handle the blood products and other secretions of patients due to this the worker can get many minor and serious disease like:- TB, HIV, Hepititis, respiratory disease and many more.
• Hazardious chemical:- in hospital setting the worker deal with so many chemicals due to this the workers get burn scalds etc
• Stress:- stress is very serious problem the worker get very much stress in hospital setting due to the shift and patient work. .. And also other stress in home place due to the shift changing.. .
• Slips and fall:- in hospital setting spills and fall are the main concern. .. Many chemical fall down on the floor that is spill and fall .. .wet floor, Including floor contaminated with floor. It is also a cause of fall and spill.
• Latex allergy:- latex allergy due to the latex gloves, tubes and catheterization.. Worker get latex allergy due to handling of the latex product.. .
• Others:- Electrical hazardous, ventilation problem, poor lightining, Senior harassment etc