COSHH policy

COSHH

The Excellence Care Services will require all workers to strive to do the following:

• To identify the substances that are used that are potentially hazardous (a hazard is something that has the potential to cause harm or ill health),
• Implement precautions to reduce the risk of someone being harmed to an acceptable level, and if not,
• Take further control measures to prevent and control the exposure to an acceptable level,
• Assess products to be used and to select a similar product that is less hazardous to reduce the risk to an acceptable level,
• All workers are required to used protective equipment at all times to reduce the risk of skin irritation, asthma or any other allergies used in the home,
• To complete and check the data sheets in the COSHH file for control measures for each substance and to ensure it is review regularly,
• If any worker or user is affected by fumes, consumes has skin or eye contact with hazardous substance to seek emergency advice from a medical services
urgently.