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NEW TECHNOLOG
Y
IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF CARE TO THE O
RGANIZATION’S PATIENTS
CONTENTS

01 NEW TECHNOLOGY

02 HEALTHCARE WORK SAFETY PLAN

03 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM

04 REFERENCES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Improve the Delivery of Care to the Organizat
ion’s Patients
 ROBOTICS
Robots are used in many different ways, from
helping doctors examine and treat patients in rural
areas via
telemedicine, to giving assistance to surgeons in the
operating room.

5G CAPABILITY
It can help improve care that people in rural areas
acquire by increasing processing speed from which
telemedicine is derived. Processing speed is
important because it allows doctors to remotely and
reliably
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This offers new and more effective ways to identify,
diagnose, and treat patients. AI will assist with
regulating the use of algorithms in healthcare. AI can
aid in the detection of certain diseases, automation of
different processes and operations, help on the
administrative side of hospitals, and more.

DIGITAL TWINS
It can assist a doctor in determining the possibilities
for a successful outcome of a procedure, help make
therapy decisions, and manage chronic diseases. 
 SAFETY PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Robots are reprogrammable, multifunctional, mechanical manipulators that typically employ one or more
means of power: electromechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic. Industrial robots have been used chiefly for
spray painting, spot-welding, and transfer and assembly tasks. A robot performs its tasks in a physical area
known as the robot operating work envelope. This work envelope is the volume swept by all possible
programmable robot movements. This includes the area where work is performed by robot tooling.
This guideline describes some of the elements of good safety practices and techniques used in the
section and installation of robots and robot safety systems, control devices, robot programming and employee
training. A comprehensive list of safety requirements is provided in the ANSI R15.06-1986 Standard.
 SAFETY PLAN
PROCESS RESPONSIBILITY
Employer commitment
Ensure all senior managers attend information CEO
sessions on the Work Safe Cycle and their role
in it
Consider injury prevention issues at all senior HR Manager
managers’ meetings
Policy document updated to incorporate relevant Health and Safety
legislation and specific management Adviser
commitment to accurate reporting and recording
Build injury prevention responsibilities into job HR Manager
descriptions
 PLANNING
Develop specific plans relating to injury prevention Health and Safety
issues. Adviser
Link injury prevention to other forms of business All senior
planning managers
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Identify specific injury hazards Health and Safety Adviser
  Occupational Hygienist
Ergonomist
Supervisors facilitating
staff consultation groups
Develop and implement action plans for hazards Health and Safety Adviser
  Occupational Hygienist
Ergonomist
All staff
INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
Develop induction and on-going education packages in the Health and Safety
WorkSafe Cycle, WorkSafe Injury Model and actions required to Adviser
manage injury factors HR Manager
Educate staff in injury prevention issues at least six monthly
HR Manager
  Supervisors
All staff
INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT REPORTING, RECORDING AND INVESTIGATION
Develop and implement a near-hit event reporting system Health and Safety
  Adviser
  Operations Manager
Supervisors
Implement a system to record and analyse accident and incident Health and Safety
data (and report results to both managers and staff) Adviser
HR Manager
Ensure injury reporting and investigation is practiced Operations Manager
  All managers,
  Supervisors, all staff
EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION
In addition to other staff consultation groups, Health Health and Safety
and Safety Committee members to represent staff in Adviser
hazard management, incident reporting, investigation Health and Safety
and monitoring and emergency preparedness Committee
All staff
Ensure injury prevention is part of all weekly staff Supervisors
meetings All staff
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND READINESS AND CONTRACTORS
Review and update emergency plan Health and Safety
Adviser
Develop health and safety clause to be written into all Health and Safety
contracts Adviser
  Supervisors
 TYPICAL ACCIDENTS
The following are documented accidents involving robots that occurred recently
in Japan, Sweden, and the United States

A welding robot went functionally

awry and its arm flung a worker
against another machine.
A worker attempted to remove A worker attempted to retrieve a
an imperfectly formed piece from part needed in an on-going
a conveyor with both hands assembly without shutting off an
while the operation limit switch assembly robot's power supply.
of a material feed and removal His hand was caught between
robot remained in its active the robot's arm and the unit
position. The worker's back was being assembled.
forced against the robot.

A fellow employee accidentally

After adjusting a metal shaving
machine, an operator was
caught between the machine
and a just-extended arm of a
material feed and removal robot.
tripped the power switch while a
maintenance worker was
servicing an assembly robot.
A materials handling robot The robot's arm struck the
operator entered a robot's work maintenance worker's hand.
envelope during operations and
was pinned between the back
end of the robot and a safety
pole.
 SAFETY SYSTEMS
The proper selection of an effective robotics safety system must be based on hazard
analysis of the operation involving a particular robot. Among the factors to be
considered in such an analysis are the task a robot is programmed to perform, the
start-up and the programming procedures, environmental conditions and location of
the robot, requirements for corrective tasks to sustain normal operations, human
errors, and possible robot malfunctions. Sources of robot hazards include:

1. Human errors;
2. Control errors;
3. Unauthorized access;
4. Mechanical hazards;
5. Environmental hazards; and
6. Electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic power sources.