Guideline 15. The role of prevention experts

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The institution’s prevention experts continuously provide information on prevention to member enterprises through various information channels.

Guideline code

PREV_02100

Mechanism

The prevention department should ensure that prevention experts have easy access to any information regarding the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases.
The prevention department monitors the most recent trends and developments in the area of prevention and ensures that prevention experts receive regular information updates or training.
The prevention department should produce prevention information through a range of information channels (e.g. web-based information, books, handbooks and manuals, newsletters, checklists, guidelines and specialized databases) for distribution by the prevention experts.
The prevention experts should maintain close cooperation with state labour inspectors, who have direct access to workplaces and can therefore provide prevention information to workers and employers.
The prevention experts should seek to collaborate with family doctors and general practitioners in distributing prevention information.

Parent

Structure

The board recognizes the role of prevention experts as an essential element for the success of the institution’s prevention activities.
The prevention department should provide prevention experts with ongoing training, and support skill enhancement related to the process of information transfer.
The prevention department should provide specialist prevention information materials to prevention experts as disseminators of information.