Health & safety

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There were no health and safety enforcement actions at any of the Company’s locations during the year ended 30 September 2011.

The Company’s policy regards the health, safety and welfare of all employees as a matter of prime importance and serves as the basis for the Company owing a duty of care under law and as a matter of best practice to protect its employees and others from harm arising from work activities. The Company has a written policy on health and safety which is comprised of the following elements: statement of the Company’s commitment to health and safety and detailing how safety will be managed; details of where responsibilities are allocated and how employees fit into the overall safety management system; and, details of how specific activities and functions are managed. The last element includes risk assessments, fire safety, first aid, incident and accident reporting, electrical safety, work equipment, hazardous substances and manual handling. Information, instruction and training on health and safety are provided across the Company.

The Company’s global web based system procured for Quality Management System applications has over the last year been expanded to also accommodate the Company’s health and safety policies and procedures.  This system allows instant access to the Company’s internal policies and procedures by any employee of the Company.  It is the Company’s intention to continue to expand the use of this global web based system in other areas of health and safety applications.

The Company is compliant with medical device directive (2007/47/EC) with respect to ISO13485 and CE marking of its products. This is with particular reference to the requirement relating to risks associated with substances leaking from medical devices. The Company has declared that none of its devices contain di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate [DEHP] at levels equal to or greater than 0.1% by mass and that no raw materials containing or derived from bisphenolA [BPA] are in contact with the patient.

The Board has acknowledged and accepted its responsibility for health and safety across the Group. The CEO has overall responsibility for ensuring that line management is responsible for the day to day management of health and safety. The Board receives monthly updates and on a quarterly basis a detailed report on health and safety, which enables the Directors to closely assess and review the effectiveness of the health and policy throughout the financial year.