Lone worker protection for healthcare workers
Many of today’s healthcare professionals will find themselves working alone throughout the day. The majority of their day is spent working with the general public, some of whom are classed as vulnerable people, meaning their job is highly susceptible to change at any given moment.
Furthermore, the recent advances in technology over the past decade have resulted in a huge increase of mobile workers, especially within this sector, allowing workers to work anywhere at any time.
An in-depth risk assessment is a necessity that must be carried out to ensure whether these workers are classed as a high or low risk lone worker and act accordingly, providing them with the adequate protection needed, Supplying Lone Worker Alarms
Being responsible for lone or remote working staff that are not directly supervised brings its own set of risks to the employer / organisation. Knowing that your staff are safe is of paramount importance.
Therefore, based on this, many healthcare professionals implement a buddy or a sealed envelope system to try and solve their lone working issues. However, buddy systems can always be subject to human error, which will leave the lone worker at risk. LONEALERT is designed to allow healthcare professionals access to easily monitor the status and location of their staff in a streamlined and efficient way. The O.W.L will also allow you to be able to set up a personalized or organisation wide escalation procedures that will come into effect as soon as an alert is raised.
Our risk assessment
To carry out a risk assessment you need to think about what might cause harm to your employees and decide whether you are taking the reasonable steps needed to prevent any harm.
A risk assessment is something you are required to carry out by law. We have teamed up with lone working specialist trainer Jackie Dolan and created a comprehensive risk assessment for people in the healthcare industry.
LONEALERT Solutions for healthcare industry:
As with all sectors the level of risk depends on the employee’s job role - which can differ drastically throughout the day. Looking after multiple staff with high & low level lone working risks can be a difficult task. We have a variety of solutions that will help you, all of which are controlled by The O.W.L, so you can mix and match solutions to suit your needs. The O.W.L allows you to set up personalised or companywide escalation procedures that will come into effect as soon as an alarm is raised. We can also give your staff lone worker training so they are armed with the knowledge neccessary to keep themselves safe at all times.
LONEALERT Access:
What is it?
Accessed via The O.W.L, landline, mobile phone or smartphone, LONEALERT Access is a simple, cost effective solution to benefit lower risk roles within this sector.
How it can work?
A hospice worker spends time with patients in their own homes. The patients, and their families are well known to them and pose little risk. However there is no means for their manager to identify if they have arrived and left each appointment without calling them, which is not possible as they work all hours. Using their phones the workers create a count-down timer for the length of their appointment – whether this is 2 hours or 12 hours. By using the O.W.L, their manager can see that they have arrived and logged in, and out. Should they fail to log-out an alarm will be raised, or the panic button can be pressed.
LONEALERT Instant:
What is it?
The Instant solution includes all products within the LONEALERT Access range, and adds access via a range of dedicated devices. GPS equipped with fall detection, panic and one button timer creation.
How it can work?
Julie, a Community Nurse, has a varied round and her patient list changes regularly. She is never sure what is on the other side of the door. With her Instant device attached to her ID badge, belt or in pocket, the O.W.L knows where she is, so if Julie needs to press a panic button, or the fall detector is activated, help will be sent to her location.
LONEALERT Plus:
What is it?
Plus includes LONEALERT Access, and all the safety features of Instant, but adds high durability, IP67 rated devices, with LCD screen for improved user feedback and advanced notifications, with Bolt-Ons for indoor locating workers. Also includes an ATEX intrinisically safe option if required.
How it can work?
A technician is working alone in a lab. Having picked up their Plus on the way out of the changing room, the RF-Tag is swiped they enter the lab, recording their location with the O.W.L. In the event of an accident, the alarm is raised and help will be provided with the exact location of the technician.
LONEALERT Anywhere:
What is it?
Including all products within the LONEALERT Access range, the Anywhere solutions is great for those who work in outdoor areas with very limited mobile signal.
How it can work?
The Health Service is in an area notorious for having extremely poor mobile signal. Anywhere devices are provided to community staff, so even without mobile signal they can log-in and out of LONEALERT with GPS locations and raised a panic alarm.
