Healthcare SWMS Templates
Safe Work Method Statements and safe work procedures are essential for managing high-risk activities in healthcare settings under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025. Healthcare operations involve patient manual handling that causes more injuries than any other single task category, sharps with bloodborne pathogen risks, aggressive patients and visitors, hazardous chemicals including disinfectants and cytotoxic drugs, and radiation sources. All EHS Atlas templates include psychosocial hazard controls mandated from 1 April 2023, Healthcare Code of Practice mapping effective February 2026, and Section 26A binding code compliance effective 1 July 2026.
20 SWMS in this category
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Healthcare
7 SWMS🏥NDIS Support Worker SWMS
WHS management for NDIS and in-home disability support workers — in-home risk assessment, manual handling, client aggression, lone worker sa…
☢️Radiation Safety SWMS
Diagnostic radiology (x-ray), fluoroscopy, CT, mobile imaging, dental imaging — lead PPE, dose monitoring (OSL badge), time/distance/shieldi…
☣️Cytotoxic Drug Spill Response SWMS
Cytotoxic and hazardous drug spill response SWMS. Skin and inhalation exposure, genotoxic and reproductive hazard, spill kit, double cytotox…
🔬Laser & IPL Clinical Safety SWMS
Laser and IPL clinical safety SWMS. Eye injury, skin burns, fire, plume and reflected-beam hazards, with a controlled area, wavelength-match…
Aggressive Patient
1 SWMS🚨Aggressive Patient SWMS
De-escalation of verbal and physical aggression from patients, relatives, and visitors in acute, sub-acute, and community clinical settings.…
Anaesthetic Gas
1 SWMS💨Anaesthetic Gas SWMS
Waste anaesthetic gas (WAG) management in operating theatres, recovery rooms, procedure suites, and dental surgeries. Covers scavenging syst…
Chemical Disinfection
1 SWMS🧴Chemical Disinfection SWMS
Surface and instrument disinfection using hospital-grade disinfectants — exposure to glutaraldehyde, chlorine compounds, peracetic acid, and…
Cold Chain
1 SWMS💉Vaccine Refrigerator Install SWMS
Installing the dedicated electrical circuit for, and delivering, positioning and connecting, a purpose-built vaccine or pharmaceutical refri…
Ergonomics Healthcare
1 SWMS🪑Healthcare Ergonomics SWMS
MSD risk controls for clinical and administrative healthcare roles — nursing station workstation design, medication trolley push-pull force …
Infection Control
1 SWMS🧫Infection Control SWMS
Clinical infection-prevention controls. Covers standard precautions (hand hygiene, PPE, respiratory etiquette, safe injection), contact / dr…
Lone Worker Healthcare
1 SWMS👤Lone Worker Healthcare SWMS
Community nursing, after-hours solo clinical shifts, rural outreach, and home-visit healthcare settings. Covers communication protocols (GPS…
Manual Handling Patient
1 SWMS🏥Patient Manual Handling SWMS
Patient transfer, repositioning, toileting assistance, hoist operation, lateral transfer board use, team-lift protocols, and patient behavio…
Medical Gas
1 SWMS💨Anaesthetic Gas Pipeline SWMS
Installing, pressure-testing and commissioning a medical gas pipeline system and anaesthetic gas scavenging to AS 2896 - brazing, purging an…
Medication Handling
1 SWMS💊Medication Handling SWMS
Ordering, receipt, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, and waste handling of hazardous drugs (cytotoxics, monoclonal antibodie…
Nurse Call
1 SWMS🔔Nurse-Call System Install SWMS
Installing and commissioning a hard-wired nurse-call and emergency-call system in a hospital or aged-care facility - call points, over-door …
Patient Handling
1 SWMS🛏Bariatric Ceiling Hoist SWMS
Installing a ceiling-mounted bariatric patient hoist and track or gantry to the engineered structural support, including fixing at height, e…
Process Gas
1 SWMS🧪Laboratory Process-Gas Line SWMS
Installing, pressure-testing and commissioning a laboratory specialty and process-gas line and cylinder supply - pipework, cylinders and man…
Radiation Shielding
1 SWMS☢Lead-Lined Radiation Shielding SWMS
Installing lead-lined plasterboard, lead sheet, lead-glass and door and penetration shielding to a radiation shielding assessment for an ima…
Sharps Management
1 SWMS💉Sharps Management SWMS
Safe use, transport, and disposal of needles, lancets, scalpels, trocars, and other healthcare sharps. Covers retractable and safety-enginee…
Sterilising Services
1 SWMS♨Autoclave & Steriliser SWMS
Installing, connecting and commissioning a CSSD steam steriliser or autoclave and low-temperature sterilisers - three-phase electrical, stea…
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