Needlestick/Sharps Safety Sample Clauses

Needlestick/Sharps Safety. The Hospital, in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee, shall develop, implement and monitor a program for the prevention of needle stick and sharp injuries and the treatment of such injuries should they occur. The program should include and address employee training and education with respect to needle stick and sharps injury prevention, and provide for the maintenance of a needle stick/sharps injuries log to detail incidents. The program shall be evaluated annually by the Hospital in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. St. Xxxxxxx Memorial Hospital has procedures in place to address needlestick and exposure to blood borne pathogens. At each meeting the Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee reviews statistics of all needlestick injuries and exposure to blood borne pathogens. As required, or on annual basis the committee will also review needlestick control plans and their effectiveness and forward recommendations as required.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. (a) Recognizing the desire to reduce needlestick/sharps injuries, the Hospital has developed a Safer Engineered Medical Devices Program. The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee will review needlestick/sharps injury statistics and may make recommendations to further reduce potential exposure to these injuries.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. (a) Where workers may be exposed to a blood borne pathogen, the Centre in consultation with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee, shall identify exposure risks and develop and implement an exposure control plan designed to eliminate or reduce to the lowest feasible extent, actual or potential exposure.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. (a) Where workers may be exposed to a bloodborne pathogen, the employer, with the input of workers throughout the institution through the joint health and safety committee, shall identify existing or potential exposure risks and develop plan designed to eliminate or reduce potential exposure.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. The Hospital, in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC), shall develop, implement and monitor a program for the prevention of needlestick and sharp injuries and the treatment of such injuries should they occur. The program shall be evaluated annually by the Hospital in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. The employer shall, in consultation with the joint health and safety committee, eliminate employee exposure or minimize it to the lowest feasible extent through the use of engineering controls.
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. The Hospital, in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee, shall develop, implement and monitor a program for the prevention of needle stick and sharp injuries and the treatment of such injuries should they occur. The program should include and address employee training and education with respect to needle stick and sharps injury prevention, and provide for the maintenance of a needle stick/sharps injuries log to detail incidents. The program shall be evaluated annually by the Hospital in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee. ‌‌ LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING Between: PROVIDENCE CARE CENTRE - ST. MARY’S OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL And: ONTARIO NURSES’ ASSOCIATION RE: RETURN TO WORK TEAM The Hospital and the Union are committed to a fair approach to meeting the needs of disabled workers, to restoring them to work which is meaningful for them and valuable to the Hospital in accordance with the parties responsibilities under the law; The Hospital and the Union agree to cooperate in facilitating the return to work of disabled employees; The Hospital and the Union agree that communication by all participants is essential to the success of the process; The parties recognize their joint duty to accommodate employees under Article Q of the Local Collective Agreement;
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Needlestick/Sharps Safety. R.1 The Hospital, in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee, shall develop, implement and monitor a program for the prevention of needle stick and sharp injuries and the treatment of such injuries should they occur. The program should include and address employee training and education with respect to needle stick and sharps injury prevention, and provide for the maintenance of a needle stick/sharps injuries log to detail incidents. The program shall be evaluated annually by the Hospital in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee.
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