Maureen,
I fully agree with you that we must not take matters at face value and it is
essential to investigate it further before deciding if and how as a
clinician we can best contribute to the wellbeing of workers and the ethos
of their work. Rather than being a fall guy or as mentioned before 'do the
dirty work' for the management, we actually should promote the best
interpersonal communications at work. For instance, if we think that the
manager has to learn how to be honest and tactful in dealing with difficult
situations, then , as advisors , we can guide them with this. OH advisors
can remain approachable about all problematic issues at work even though
they may not always have the magic solution!
Furthermore, it may be interesting to see this matter from the colleagues'
point of view and their wellbeing. What are the health effects to them who
are enduring this problem on a daily basis? The role of OH advisor is not
set in stone. Every day we all deal with very individual and specific
issues, so, as long as we are always applying our Codes of Practice and
remain within the remits set by various OH Laws we should make our own
judgements and work out the win-win situation for all. I thought this is
what being a Specialist Practitioner is all about!
Noushin
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Maureen McBain
Sent: 01 February 2007 20:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Halitosis
Dear Neil and list members.
Neil you don't state what her breath smells like and we know that bad breath
can be a cause of serious illness or a possible side effect of certain
medications or perhaps poor hygiene or perhaps other reasons. So already
there may be several possibilities as to the cause so perhaps it might be
worth trying to get more information and deal with it is a sensitive way has
some of us have done in the past on similar type issues.
It should be remembered that what works well for one occupational health
setting may not always work in another and as practitioners we make our own
clinical decisions every day.
Good luck
Regards from
Maureen McBain
OHN/researcher/mentor/educator
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Neil Poole
Sent: 01 February 2007 14:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Halitosis
Dear All
I have a situation where I have been approached by management to talk to a
female employee regarding the smell of her breath. They explained that
there has been many complaints from other employees and customers alike
regarding this problem.
Does anybody out there have any suggestions haow this subject could be
approached with this employee in a tactful and delicate way, without
causing offence.
Kind Regards
Neil Poole
Project Occupational Health Nurse
for Balfour Beatty.
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