A Brief History of Medical Imaging

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Welcome to an on-line health and safety training
package intended primarily for staff who use
communal kitchens within UofE buildings on the
Little France campus.
Information contained within these pages is for
use by University of Edinburgh staff and students
only.
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This on-line training package is not a substitute
for any more detailed training that may be
organised by senior managers.
Last updated January 2012
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Please take time to view the following material,
and direct any urgent questions to your HS
Advisor, Supervisor, Senior Manager, or the
Little France Buildings HS Manager (the contact
details for whom are shown on the last page of
this presentation).
Thank you
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Accidents in kitchens are fairly commonplace in
the home, where there are several potential
sources of harm, including sharp knives, wet and
hot surfaces, electrical and gas appliances, and
where further complications may exist in the form
of family members and others crowding around and
generally getting in the way.
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The potential for accidents in one of our
kitchens on the Little France campus should be
very much less, since we are not likely to be
using these to prepare meals on the same scale as
we do at home, and many of the hazards present in
a typical domestic kitchen will not be apparent
in our buildings.
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Nevertheless, it is always sensible to exercise
some caution when entering, using and leaving a
kitchen.
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Before entering a kitchen, consider that there
might well be someone behind the door carrying a
mug full of hot liquid, so enter the room
reasonably cautiously.
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Correspondingly, when youre leaving the kitchen
with your own mug of hot tea or coffee, consider
that someone may be about to enter the room from
outside, or you may be about to enter a corridor
full of people.
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Fire Safety (1)

• Keep quantities of combustible
• materials to a minimum, and use
• storage cabinets etc to keep
• cardboard boxes etc away from
• sources of heat.
• Do not store flammable chemicals in
• kitchens.
• Do not smoke, or permit smoking,
• anywhere in the workplace (most
• certainly including kitchens).

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Fire Safety (2)

• Ensure that electrical equipment is
• properly maintained and subject to
• periodic safety checks, but also carry
• out regular visual checks yourself.
• Attend induction training and fire
• safety training.
• Know the location and correct use
• of fire alarm call points.
• Understand the correct response to
• different fire alarm sounds.

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Fire Safety (3)

• Know the location of fire escape
• routes, fire exits and Evacuation
• Assembly Points, and check
• periodically that you remain
• thoroughly familiar with these in
• your area.
• Report faults and potential problems
• to the Fire Steward for your area.

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Electrical Safety

• Ensure that all electrical equipment
• (including personal items) has been
• Portable Appliance Tested before
• connecting to buildings mains
• (check labels on appliances).
• Never overload the supply (usually
• 13A load per socket but check it
• may be less).

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Electrical Safety

• Carry out regular
• visual inspections of
• sockets, plugs,
• cables, connections
• and appliances.
• Report faults
• immediately, and
• discontinue use of the
• appliance pending
• repair or replacement.

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Toasters
With the sole exception of The Drum (the
catering facility in the QMRI), toasters are
absolutely banned in all areas of both buildings,
including rest rooms and kitchens (mostly due to
the smoke that inevitably issues from these when
they are in use, and which regularly sets off
fire alarms in other workplaces).
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Kettles

• Locate the kettle where it cannot easily be
• overturned, and where water and steam will
• not come into contact with electricity.
• Consider other aspects of electrical safety
• too in relation to the kettle.
• Ensure that the kettle cannot be dragged
• accidentally from tables or shelves by
• snagging trailing electrical cables.
• Take particular care where facilities are shared
• and accommodation may be crowded, not to be
• jostled or bumped when pouring boiling water.

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Refrigerators

• Care should be taken to ensure that fridges
• do not become repositories for time-
• expired foodstuffs, and all users should
• share responsibility for cleanliness of the
• fridge.
• Electrical safety should be considered too,
• and fridges should be included in
• programmes of portable appliance testing.
• Fridges in our buildings must never be used,
• even temporarily, for storage of chemicals and
• biological materials

or cats!
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Water Coolers

• Water coolers should be routinely sanitised by
• users, and serviced regularly by trained
• engineers.
• Personal drinking water bottles should not be
• refilled directly from water coolers, as it is
• almost impossible to do so without running
• the risk of contaminating the delivery tube of
• the water cooler.

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Microwave Ovens

• Comply with manufacturers instructions, both
• in respect of operation of the oven itself and
• also related to each food and drink product.
• Consider all other aspects of electrical safety
• too in relation to the oven.
• Remember that food and liquids taken from a
• microwave oven may still be heating for a few
• moments afterwards.
• Do not place any metal items inside the
• microwave oven (including crockery
• decorated with metallic paints).

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Slip/Trip Hazards

• Exercise particular caution around wet
• floors.
• Clean up small spills yourself, perhaps by
• using paper towels.
• Request assistance if the spill is larger.
• Avoid placing or stacking materials
• where people are likely to stumble over
• them.
• Display signage wherever trip/slip
• injuries might occur.

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Shelves Cupboards

• And cats are not allowed into our buildings,
• far less are they to be kept on shelves or in
• cupboards!

• Always conform to manufacturers
• specifications, and do not overload shelves or
• cupboards.
• Secure storage units to a wall whenever
• possible.
• Balance loading across the full shelf width,
• and place the heaviest items on the lowest
• shelves.
• Take care when unloading shelves and
• cupboards so that they do not become
• imbalanced.

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Manual Handling
If you envisage a need for a significant amount
of manual handling within the kitchen, or you
know that you are susceptible to injury from
lifting, carrying and moving, you should seek
assistance.
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Kitchen Layout

• Do not assume that the existing layout
• is the necessarily the best layout. Take
• advice if necessary (Contact details for the
• HS Manager are at the end of this
• presentation).
• Aim to maintain a tidy kitchen and
• minimise the potential for accidents
• due to clutter and mess.

• Cats are still not permitted in our buildings
• (Well done if you spotted that one)!

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Stretching and overreaching

• Exercise care when reaching up to remove
• things from high shelves etc.
• Consider how heavy the load will be before
• you even attempt to lift it down.
• If making use of stepping stools, ensure that
• these are properly and safely grounded,
• providing you with a stable platform from
• which to reach things more easily.
• Dont just use whatever is handy, such as
• a chair it may well topple over while
• youre standing on it.

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First Aid

• Know how to contact a trained first
• aider, and the location of your nearest
• first aid box.
• Report all accidents and near miss
• occurrences using the on-line form at
• http//www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/health-saf
  ety/accident-reporting/accident-form

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You have now completed this on-line training
package summarising health and safety factors
applicable to kitchens on the Little France site.
Please also attend any additional training that
may be organised by your senior manager.
Thank you
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Lindsay Murray Health Safety Manager, The
University of Edinburgh, College of Medicine
Veterinary Medicine (Chancellors Building,
Medical School and Queens Medical Research
Institute), Little France
Room SU215, Chancellors Building Ext
26390 lgm_at_staffmail.ed.ac.uk