Safety topics

Includes moving and handling, slips and trips, falls from windows or balconies, equipment, bed rails, scolding and burning, nitrous oxide (gas and air), needlestick or sharps injuries and violence.

Needlestick or sharps injuries

Violence

Link URLs in this page

  1. Moving and handling in health and social carehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/moving-handling/index.htm
  2. Slips and trips in health and social carehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/slips/index.htm
  3. Care provided in people's own homeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/domiciliary-care.htm
  4. Avoiding falls from windows or balconies in health and social care premiseshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/falls-windows.htm
  5. Equipment safety in health and social carehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/equipment-safety.htm
  6. Safe use of bed railshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/bed-rails.htm
  7. Scalding and burninghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/scalding-burning.htm
  8. Using nitrous oxide (gas and air) safely in maternity unitshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/using-nitrous-oxide-safely.htm
  9. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/needlesticks/overview.htm
  10. Managing the risk of needlestick or sharps injurieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/needlesticks/actions.htm
  11. Further information on needlestick or sharps injurieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/needlesticks/resources.htm
  12. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/violence/overview.htm
  13. Managing the risk of violence and aggressionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/violence/do.htm
  14. Further informationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/violence/further-guidance.htm

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Updated:2023-03-16