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What Can Go Wrong?

• Obstruction of hospital staff and routes
• Contraction of an infection or contamination by biological/chemical materials
• Introduction or spread of infection
• Illness due to overexposure to ionising radiation
• Accidental needle stick injury
• Psychological trauma due to storyline or environment
• Broadcast kit could interfere with medical equipment (eg MRI Scanners).
• Medical equipment might interfere with our technical or broadcasting equipment.

Legal/´óÏó´«Ã½ Requirements

• There are no specific legal requirements to draw to your attention.

Control Measures

General Controls

• Ask medical staff ask about rules or local procedures and communicate to all crew.
• Familiarise yourself with the layout (consider fire exits, trolleys, beds, etc).
• Remember that there are often fast moving staff in a hospital, particularly when emergency situations arise.
• Risk assess your activity to ensure that it won’t compromise the safety of staff, patients, or crew.
• Ensure that staff/ crew who are pregnant/ breast feeding have appropriately heightened precautions in clinical/ specialist areas. 
• Obtain authorisation before connecting /plugging in any technical equipment.
• Ensure you don’t unplug any hospital equipment and carry out a visual check of any power sockets before using.
• Make sure that all cables are managed effectively and monitored.
• Obtain authorisation before using any radio cameras and mobile phones.
• Ensure you don’t enter any sensitive areas without authorisation & supervision.
• Ensure all instructions provided by the hospital or lab regarding hygiene, clothing requirements, hand gel, etc are followed. Wash hands when entering and leaving clinical areas.
• Pay particular attention to make sure that staff wear any appropriate radiation shielding uniform as advised by the medical team to protect from ionising radiation
• Don’t enter the premises if feeling unwell or within 72 hours of sickness or diarrhoea.
• Don’t sit on hospital beds unless given permission by hospital staff.
• Avoid touching any chemicals or biological cultures.
• Take further advice if working in areas with poor medical infrastructure
• Be aware of potential risks from hospital equipment such as X-Ray, MRI Scanners, lasers & take advice from specialists in the area
• If you get a needle stick injury tell clinical staff and follow their guidance. If this is not available quickly wash area and clean wound with antiseptic. Contact ´óÏó´«Ã½ Occupational Health and report accident to your line manager.
• Discuss the details of the story before deploying staff to medical facilities
• Monitor the production team for emotional trauma during and after the recording period and inform them about the ´óÏó´«Ã½ support systems. Such as the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Employee Assistance Programme and the Trauma Support Network. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wellbeing pages linked below.