Establish and maintain Consultation is carried out with the person participative arrangements conducting a business or undertaking and for the development of a workers which establishes the relationship health monitoring program. of the health monitoring program to the risk assessment process. A mechanism is established to consider worker concerns. Establish an information Guidelines for health monitoring for the base for the performance of hazardous chemical of concern are the health monitoring obtained program. from the Safe Work Australia website. Other sources of relevant information are identified and are readily available including but not limited to safety data sheets (SDS). Establish the chemical(s) to Information from the risk assessment which the workplace process which identified the hazardous population is exposed and chemical is reviewed, and advice obtained if the appropriate type of necessary, to estimate the degree of likely health monitoring. worker exposure. The appropriate type of health monitoring is established. Specialist advice is obtained concerning the necessity for health monitoring for any other hazardous chemical. Identify the target 1.4.1 Information from the risk assessment workplace population. process which identified the hazardous chemical is reviewed, and advice obtained if necessary, to identify the target population. Identify a protocol for the Protocol for the timing and frequency of timing and frequency of health monitoring is identified in the routine health monitoring. Guidelines. Establish a protocol for Protocol for any additional health monitoring additional health monitoring is identified in the Guidelines. required in the case of Specialist advice is sought to establish a possible higher exposure to protocol for health monitoring for exposure the hazardous chemicals. to hazardous chemicals, which have no Guidelines.
Establish and maintain participative arrangements for the development of a health monitoring program. Consultation is carried out with the person conducting a business or undertaking and workers which establishes the relationship of the health monitoring program to the risk assessment process. A mechanism is established to consider worker concerns. Establish an information base for the performance of the health monitoring program. Guidelines for health monitoring for the hazardous chemical of concern are obtained from the Safe Work Australia website. Other sources of relevant information are identified and are readily available including but not limited to safety data sheets (SDS). Establish the chemical(s) to which the workplace population is exposed and the appropriate type of health monitoring. Information from the risk assessment process which identified the hazardous chemical is reviewed, and advice obtained if necessary, to estimate the degree of likely worker exposure. The appropriate type of health monitoring is established. Specialist advice is obtained concerning the necessity for health monitoring for any other hazardous chemical. Identify the target workplace population. 1.4.1 Information from the risk assessment process which identified the hazardous chemical is reviewed, and advice obtained if necessary, to identify the target population. Identify a protocol for the timing and frequency of routine health monitoring. Protocol for the timing and frequency of health monitoring is identified in the Guidelines. Establish a protocol for additional health monitoring required in the case of possible higher exposure to the hazardous chemicals. Protocol for any additional health monitoring is identified in the Guidelines. Specialist advice is sought to establish a protocol for health monitoring for exposure to hazardous chemicals, which have no Guidelines.
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