OiRA looks after healthcare professionals and social workers

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The arrival of Covid-19 has brought increased attention to the existing dangers in workplaces for people employed in the human health care and social work sector.The sector’s main risks are biological, chemical and physical and  also psychosocial due to issues like third-party violence, exposure to traumatic events, high workload, dealing with difficult customers and shift work. Identifying these risks is crucial to successfully manage them.

Fifteen Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tools in different languages have already been released to help prevent and reduce risks in the healthcare and social sectors, and to ensure that professionals can work in a safe and healthy environment. Additionally here are more tools to come in Spain , France, Greece and Latvia.

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