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Medical/Occupational Health Audit: Procedure Main Document
Medical/Occupational Health Audit: Procedure Main Document
Regulation Title
Topic
Standard requirements of a medical/occupational health audit
Objective
To define the medical/OH audit procedure in order to provide a uniform basis and guidance for
medical/OH audits which shall assess, examine, verify, evaluate and determine whether medical units
in OMV Group comply with OMV Corporate HSSE Standards Operational Health (HSSE-S-011) and
Health Management (HSSE-S-012) and all approved health work procedures.
Target Group
Operative medical service providers within OMV Group
Scope of Effectiveness
OMV Aktiengesellschaft and all companies which are fully consolidated. In companies not fully consolidated,
where OMV Aktiengesellschaft has a controlling interest. All stock corporations are excluded with the result that
these regulations have to be separately enforced in these entities.
In the interests of simplicity and readability, the language of this statement is gender neutral to the extent possible. Where
applicable, the masculine includes the feminine. Print-out is only valid on the date printed. Check for the latest version in the
Regulations Platform. In case of conflict, the document in its Master Language must be applied.
The purpose of this Corporate Work Procedure is to describe the main principles, the roles and
responsibilities of occupational health examinations within OMV Group.
2. Content of Regulation
2.1. Basics
Audits are an essential tool to verify whether management system in place is effective. The
aim of any audit shall be to check whether pre-determined standards are being complied
with and, if not, to provide a basis for improvement. Audits shall be planned carefully in
order to derive maximum benefit from the auditing process.
This document makes use of suggested questions and model answers, providing a clear
indication of expected performance standards. The questions and answers have been
designed in such a way that appropriate scores can be assigned to each question. This
approach makes it possible to compare the performance of various medical/OH units and
monitor the improvement or deterioration over a period of time.
All audits are valuable in highlighting strengths as well as identifying any shortcomings and
thus helping to determine priorities for action. In principle, medical/OH audits are no
different than audits of any other activity. Such audits should be linked wherever possible, a
process that offers advantages for all concerned. For example, health audits can be linked to
safety audits, integrated into health, safety and environmental audits or conducted as part of
quality management audits. Any potential synergies should be exploited wherever possible.
See also Corporate HSSE Standard HSSE Management System Audit.
2.1.2. Definitions
OH Audit: A formal, team-based activity used to provide independent assurance that the
medical units comply with Corporate HSSE Standards Operational Health (HSSE-S-011) and
Health Management (HSSE-S-012).
OH lead auditor: A medical doctor who is trained in medical/OH auditing and appointed by
the HMD to lead the audit and to manage and coordinate the audit process.
OH auditor/audit team member: A medical doctor who is trained in medical/OH auditing and
appointed by the HMD to take part in the audit.
The medical/OH audit shall provide insight on the status of the implementation of Corporate
HSSE Standards Operative Health (HSSE-S-011) and Health Management (HSSE-S-012) and
other relevant approved WPHs/WPEs and for this purpose the medical/OH audit shall check
these elements through a combination of:
2.3. Responsibilities
The management of the business organization /subsidiary shall support the audit process by
reviewing and endorsing audit findings and being committed to take action to address them.
Management shall be prepared to be interviewed by the audit team to provide evidence of the
integration of the medical/OH team and OH in general into the overall management scheme.
Auditees shall support the audit process by providing relevant documentation, openly
participating in interviews and facilitating field visits to allow for a realistic view of the operation
to be obtained.
Audit team leaders shall be broadly familiar with Corporate HSSE Standards Operational Health
(HSSE-S-011) and Health Management (HSSE-S-012) and the related Work Procedures. They
shall have sufficient and relevant operational experience to ensure that the team identifies all
material concerns and is able to communicate findings in a manner that will facilitate
acceptance and ownership by the management of the business segment or unit/subsidiary.
Audit team members shall have an understanding of the operations/activities being audited.
Experience: While experience can be obtained when performing audits, the overall program
benefits from the utilization of personnel who are experienced in the operations that they will
be auditing. Ideally, the individual(s) selected for the auditing team shall have most of the
experience listed below:
2.4.3. Auditees
Auditees shall have a basic awareness about an audit processes.
2.5.1. Pre-Audit
► Scope: Predetermine what will be within the scope of the audit and what will be
outside the scope. For example, a medical/OH audit of a business organization
/subsidiary may not physically go to every location within the business.
► Single contact person: Confirm the identity of a single contact person that will
accompany the audit team throughout the time they are at the location. This person
will be expected to serve as a liaison with the audit team and provide specific
information on products or processes, the location of permits and records, and
gather other similar basic raw data.
2.5.3.1. Reporting:
The audit team leader shall be responsible for documenting the audit findings in the audit
report and shall complete and forward the audit report to the auditees for comments
within three weeks of the conclusion of the audit. The auditees shall have two weeks to
comment, identify any disputed items and report a schedule for the correction of all
agreed items addressed in the report. Distribution of this draft of the report shall be
limited to the specific auditees and the management of the relevant business organization
/subsidiary.
A set of questions with a scoring system was developed for the evaluation of performance (see
Annex A – Audit Checklist). The responses to these questions and scores are useful in
The following scoring system is used for OMV Group medical/OH audits:
Score 0 – Immediate action needed
Score 1 – Major deficiencies
Score 2 – Minor deficiencies
Score 3 – Fully compliant
Every clinic shall conduct a self-assessment using the checklist provided in Annex A by the end
of Q1 and report the scores, major findings and the action plan to the senior MD of the BS.
Clinics shall be audited by a medical/OH auditor who is independent of the BS at least every
three years.
Depending on special needs and circumstances, the senior MD of the BS shall decide on the
frequency of internal medical/OH audits.
These audits shall be planned and integrated into the Health Management Plan of the sites and
of the BS and the findings shall be reported by the senior MD of BS to the Corporate HMD.
Random audits may be performed by the Corporate HMD or a medical/OH auditor appointed by
them in order to ensure an integrative link between HMD and the OH team – such audits shall
be communicated in accordance with the requirements defined in this work procedure as well.
Expenses related to the audits (i.e. travel costs for OH auditors) shall be borne by the BS being
audited. In order to avoid excessive travel costs, an alignment with other travel activities shall
be considered (i.e. training programs, attendance of medical conferences, BS-wide meetings).
5. Obsolete Regulations
6. Certification Standards
Medical Audit, Quality Audit, Occupational Health, Health Management, Operative Medical
Services, HSSE
9. Annexes
Date of Regulation
Changes to previous versions:
effectiveness: code:
02.01.2009 WPH 18 Medical/Occupational Health Audit
rig /restrictive
operative site
office site
(>50p)
area
1 General requirements and furniture
Intermediate care ● ● ●
Triage area ● ● ●
Identification of clinic ● ● ●
Accessibility of clinic (stretchers, ambulance car, …) ● ● ●
Large enough (access examination couch) ● ● ●
Communication (mobile phone, ...) ● ● ●
Lighting sufficient ● ● ●
Fire extinguishers ● ● ●
Intimacy assured ● ● ●
Room temperature control (cooling and heating) ● ● ●
Water supply (hot, cold) ● ● ●
Examination table ● ● ●
Stretcher or patient transfer sheet ● ● ●
Drip stand or hook (for infusions) ● ● ●
Desk, 2 chairs, stainless steel rubbish bin ● ● ●
Refrigerator ● ● ●
Sterilizer ● ● ●
area
2 Curative equipment
Weighing scale ● ● ●
Otoscope ● ● ●
Medical thermometer ● ● ●
Stethoscope ● ● ●
Reflex hammer ● ● ●
Blood pressure machine ● ● ●
Resting E.C.G ● ●
Ergometry equipment (bicycle ergometer) ● ●
Spirometer ● ●
Audiometer ● ●
Sight test equipment (Screening device) ● ●
Vene catheters, butterfly ● ● ●
Finger splint ● ● ●
Cold-hot packs ● ● ●
Wood tongue depressor ● ● ●
Gloves – disposable gloves ● ● ●
Gloves surgical sterile ● ● ●
Isothermical blanket ● ● ●
Needle, one way ● ● ●
Magnetic eye probe ● ● ●
Scalpel handle standard ● ● ●
Scissors ● ● ●
Stainless container for instruments ● ● ●
Disposable shaving razor ● ● ●
Infusion sets ● ● ●
Sterile syringes ● ● ●
area
4 Emergency equipment / Trauma – portable!
Vacuum mattress ● ●
Suction unit ● ●
Defibrillator with ECG and monitor ● ●
Disposable thoracic drainage system ● ●
Respirator, sun ● ●
Oxygen bottle, oxygen system (manometer) ● ●
Oxygen Mask ● ●
Dead body bag ● ●
Triage cards ● ●
Pulsoxymeter ● ●
Laryngoscope, Intratracheal tubes ● ●
Stiff neck & splints ●
Surgical gloves sterile ●
Surgical masks ●
Suture sets or similar ●
Tracheotomy set ●
Spine board ●
Vacuum mattress ●
Chest drainage ●
up to 20p
dust – proofed kits
green cross on white ground
local legal requirements met
sufficient kits, cleanliness
Rescue sheet, silver/gold insulating foil 1 2
bandage, elastic, constraining 2 4
bandage, gauze, elastic, non-sterile 2 4
bandage, triangular 2 4
compress, gauze, ster., 2 pcs 6 15
dressing, FA, aluminized, sterile 1 3
dressing, adhesive bandage, wound plaster 1 2
glove, examination, latex, non-sterile 6 10
mask, protection, mouth-to-m. resuscitation,
reusable 1 1
scissor, sharp-blunt 1 1
disinfectant solution (alcohol, iodine …) 1 1
8 First aiders
First Aiders, number (>10% of personnel on site /> 5% offices )
First Aiders, training of (16 h basic/ 4 h refreshers every two
years)
First Aiders, quality ( perform resuscitation and First Aid )
First aid kits-non-profs, number
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