Guides: Allied Health Assistance: Work Health & Safety

eBooks

Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling. Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance is ideal for nursing students, health care assistants, newly qualified nurses, as well as physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health (2019) A quick, easy-to-consult source of practical overviews on wide-ranging issues of concern for those responsible for the health and safety of workers.

Hazards

Risk Assessment & Management

Manual Handling

Managing Violence and Aggression

Mental Health and Wellbeing

e-Health Safety

Safe Work Australia SWA is an Australian government statutory body established in 2008 to develop national policy relating to WHS and workers’ compensation.
Work, Health and Safety Act (2020) - West Australia
Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations (2022) These regulations set the minimum requirements for specific hazards, work and administrative practices in relation to work safety and health.

ThinkSafe Magazine ThinkSafe is the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety’s flagship online publication for workplace safety and health in Western Australia.
Safety Solutions A quarterly print magazine (and eMag version) features the latest industrial safety products, solutions and application stories, while the weekly eNewsletter features industry news, features and case studies.

Injury Hotspots
This tool provides an industry-wide snapshot of how people get injured at work, pinpointing areas on the body that are most likely to be injured.

Safetyhub WHS Videos > NMT This link opens in a new window A large collection of workplace health and safety videos in a range of areas and occupations.

Critical conversations for patient safety : an essential guide for healthcare students (2019) Includes communication between health professionals, and critically, the relationship between communication and patient safety"--.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016) Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling
Tabbner's Nursing Care 2 Vol Set (2021) Chapter 8 on work, health and safety