So, what’s the issue with drugs as hazardous substances?Hazardous drugs are medications that can have serious adverse effects on a worker’s health if exposure to these substances occurs.Legislation surrounding the treatment of hazardous substances can be found at state level with changes occurring regularly. This creates the complex issue of different requirements for different states. While many aged care facilities have policies and education for the safe handling of chemical substan...

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If you are operating an aged care facility, you understand that the challenges of keeping up with changing legislation and guidelines in the highly regulated aged care industry is a difficult task. An effective way of informing staff about these changes can be impossible without an effective communication system. At MedeHealth, we see first-hand the difficulty that these changes can cause for facilities that are busily rolling out and administering training programmes to cover off these changes....

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