Healthcare sector
Lab Works EA has a wealth of experience providing testing, inspection and compliance services for those working in the healthcare sector including Compliance Managers, Estates & Property Managers, Project Managers, Health and Safety Managers, Designers, Capital Planning, Maintenance & Engineering Managers, Duty Holders and Responsible Persons.
Healthcare Services
Our technical expertise allows us to support you on a wide range of compliance services that could affect your healthcare estate including:
Water hygiene and consultancy
Asbestos management and consultancy
Water treatment
Occupational hygiene
Foundation Trusts
In order to run such a huge operation, the MoH spends around the same proportion of its total budget on buildings, equipment, training, catering and cleaning, as it does on drugs and supplies. As a result, NHS Trusts must meet a number of environmental, health and safety standards as part of their day to day responsibilities. This protects the welfare of their employees, patients and the public.
Hospitals
In order to deliver their care, hospitals need to ensure they meet a number of environmental, health and safety standards for the welfare of their employees, patients and the public.
How We Can Help
Our technical expertise allows us to support you on a wide range of compliance services that could affect your healthcare estate including:
A. Health and Safety and Welfare
Compliance audits and site audit programmes
Advice on the development of policy and risk management systems
Provision of a Competent Person to ensure you have the necessary skills, when you need them
Training
Occupational hygiene
Food safety
Drug and alcohol testing
Sample collection and analysis for pre-employment screening, as well as random and post-incident testing
Policy development and advice.
B. Environmental Safety
Specialist chemistry testing for suites of elements in:
Starting materials
Intermediates and final product
Containers (syringes, intravenous and dialysis solutions)
Dangerous goods safety advice
Fire risk management
C. Water Safety, Treatment and Hygiene
Including: Cooling Towers, Domestic Water Systems, Boreholes, Sterile Services including Reverse Osmosis, Hydrotherapy Pools, Closed Systems:
Provision of Water Hygiene/Legionella Policy Documents and Water Safety Plans
Compliance audits, Pseudomonas aeruginosa risk assessments in augmented care, Legionella risk assessments, training and on-going monitoring programmes (all to ACoP L8, HSG 274 and HTM 04-01)
Chemical and microbiological, including Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, sampling and analysis.
Cleaning, disinfection and remedial works including TMV servicing
Supply of equipment including chlorine dioxide generators, ozone generators, UV treatment, side stream filtration, point of use Legionella/Pseudomonas filters, water softeners, RO plant
D. Asbestos Identification and Management
Including:
Surveys and assessments (with 24/7 emergency call out)
Policy advice and training
Hazardous waste separation, disposal and reuse.