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Managing Worker Health

Activities/Obligations

For managing worker health you may want to keep records of:

  • known conditions (e.g. lower back pain);
  • allergies;
  • vaccinations;
  • health tests;
  • first aid given;
  • medical certificates.

You may also benefit from having a system that provides reminders for:

  • scheduled vaccination events (injections, tests, etc);
  • scheduled health tests (vision, hearing, etc);
  • follow-up doctor's appointments related to medical certificates.

When a worker's health is affected by injury or illness you may wish to actively participate in the development and monitoring of a rehabilitation (return-to-work) programme - and therefore to keep the records related to this - and of any incident from which an injury originated.

Using The Software

With OSHatWork you can:

  • record first aid which is unrelated to any incident (e.g. bandaging of an injury which a staff member sustained in a sporting incident on the weekend; giving headache medication; etc);
  • manage incidents and worker rehabilitation and return-to-work programmes;
  • record any number of known conditions and allergies for each person;
  • record all vaccinations given;
  • schedule future vaccinations - and get reminders for these;
  • record all health tests completed (such as hearing and eyesight - and including baseline tests and follow-ups);
  • schedule future health tests - and get reminders for these;
  • record medical certificates and optionally link these to incidents and/or rehabilitation cases;
  • record, for each medical certificate, the date of the follow-up appointment with the doctor - and get a reminder for this;
  • generate reports such as:
    • a summary of known conditions, allergies, first aid given, vaccinations and health tests for one person;
    • a list of all medical certificates for a person;
    • details of one selected medical certificate;
    • list of medical certificates matching specified criteria (e.g. all those issued last month), optionally grouped by division/department;
    • a list of vaccinations matching specified criteria (e.g. all those completed last month for personnel in a particular department) optionally grouped by recipient or vaccination;
    • a list of health tests matching specified criteria (e.g. all those due next month for personnel in a particular work area) optionally grouped by recipient or vaccination.

More

A complete list of all the OSHatWork Guides is available here.