Healthcare Risk Management Plan for Alpha Pharm Pvt Ltd

This report presents a comprehensive occupational health management plan tailored for Alpha Pharm Pvt Ltd, a pharmaceutical organization. It begins with an executive summary and table of contents, followed by an introduction that outlines the report's objectives, which include developing a health risk management plan and conducting a risk assessment of occupational health hazards, particularly those related to chemical exposure. The report defines key terms like "hazards" and "safety," and provides a workplace demography analysis of Alpha Pharm, including worker profiles and work environment details. A critical review of relevant literature explores the policies, procedures, and interventions used for managing chemical hazards in the pharmaceutical industry, highlighting potential health outcomes and preventive measures. The core of the report comprises a detailed management plan, including risk identification, mitigation, and contingency strategies. An emergency response plan, along with an emergency evacuation floor plan, is also provided. Finally, the report includes an evaluation section to assess the effectiveness of the proposed strategies, drawing conclusions based on the analysis. The report emphasizes the importance of health and safety in the pharmaceutical industry, offering practical recommendations to minimize risks and ensure a safe working environment.

Running head: HEALTHCARE
Healthcare
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Executive summary
The purpose of the assignment s to develop an effective heath risk management plan for the
Alpha Pharm pvt ltd, which is a pharmaceutical organization. risk assessment of the
identified occupational health hazards will also be included in the report. This will be
followed by critical review of relevant literature where the policies and procedures and
interventions used for managing the chemical hazards pharmaceutical industry will be
discussed. The report will also comprise of a management plan, emergency response and an
evacuation plan. Finally evaluation of the effectiveness of the proposed strategy will be
performed in this report.

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Table of Contents
Industry or organisation name....................................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Definitions..................................................................................................................................4
Workplace demography.............................................................................................................4
A critical review of relevant literature.......................................................................................5
Management Plan.......................................................................................................................7
Emergency Response.................................................................................................................8
Emergency Evacuation Floor Plan...........................................................................................11
Evaluation..................................................................................................................................0
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................0
Reference List............................................................................................................................2

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Industry or organisation name
Industry name: Phermacuetical industry
Organization Name- Alphapharm Private Limited
Introduction
The pharmaceutical industry includes the industry that discovers, develops, and produces as
well as market pharmaceutical drugs for using as medicines to healthcare service users. In
this report, analysis and evaluation of chemical related health issues or hazards of one of the
popular pharmaceutical industries of Australia will be performed. Considering the fact that
the medicines are manufactured in the mentioned organization, the workers remains exposed
to a good number of chemicals for a prolonged period of time. Employees working in the
pharmaceutical organizations are more likely to experience adverse health outcomes like
cancer, endocrine dysfunction, cancer, and liver disease. In order to ensure a workplace free
from health related hazards, a health management plan will be performed. The report will
contain a detailed definitions of the terms associated with the occupational health
management plan. This will be followed by the workplace demography that includes details
of the workplace like the type and number of workers, working profile and others. A risk
assessment of the identified occupational health hazards will also be included in the report.
This will be followed by critical review of relevant literature where the policies and
procedures and interventions used for managing the chemical hazards pharmaceutical
industry will be discussed. The report will also comprise of a management plan, emergency
response and an evacuation plan. Finally evaluation of the effectiveness of the proposed
strategy will be performed in this report.

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Definitions
Hazards: The negative impact possessed b the production process on the employees in the
pharmaceutical industry can be referred as hazard. Considering the fact that the employees in
an pharmaceutical industry are entitled to deal with a lot of chemicals in their workplace,
there is potential risk of differing types of chemical hazards.
Safety: The term safety can be defined as the condition of being protected from as well as
unlikely to the occurrence of danger, injury an risk.
Chemical safety: the term chemical safety is referred to the application of the best practices
which is needed for handling chemicals as well as chemistry processes for minimizing the
risk in workplace, be it to an employees, facility as well as community. Chemical safety
includes an understanding of the chemical, physical as well as toxicological hazards of
chemicals.
Workplace demography
The Alphapharm Pty Ltd. refers to a generic drug manufacturing organization that is based on
Australia. The mentioned organization manufactures a good number of generic
pharmaceutical medicines which are exported through more than 50 countries. The tasks
performed by the employees of the mentioned organization includes laboratory works during
the development and packaging of drugs, transportation of the packaged drug as well as
testing of a good number of chemical substances while developing the drugs. More than 70
percent of the employees are male. However, when it comes to the drug testing process,
majority of the employees are found to be females. The number of male employees is
generally higher in sectors like transportation and packaging of drugs. Majority of the
employees are working for a minimum of 5 years in the organization. When it comes to the
socio-economic background of the employees, majority of them belongs to the middle class

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society. The official duration of their workplace includes 5 hours. However, during the peak
season people are found to work overtime which in turn enhances theory workplace stress
and impose adverse effect on the work life balance of the same.
A critical review of relevant literature
Majority of the chemicals that are used in the pharmaceutical industry are generally
corrosive, irritant, toxic, flammable, mutagenic as well as cacogenic in nature. According to
Zanfirescu et al., (2019), the chemical hazards can be classified into 6 parts or classes. The
Class A chemical hazards include compressed gas and dissolved gas. The class B chemical
hazards include Flammable gases, solids, aerosols, flammable materials and other
combustible liquids. When it comes to the class C chemical hazards it includes oxidizing
materials like oxidisers and organic peroxide. The class D chemical hazards includes
poisonous as well as infectious materials like tea salts, asbestos as well as Cyanides. When it
comes to Class E and class F chemical hazards in the pharmaceutical industry, it includes
corrosive materials like inorganic acids, bases and hydrogen fluoride and dangerous reactive
materials like ethylene dioxide and organic azides.
Ford, Trent & Wickizer, (2017) have pointed out that exposure to hazardous allergic
reactions like rhinoconjunctivitis and bronchial asthma along with other effects associated
with systemic reactions. A label “SP” has been designed for substances that possess the
potential to cause photo contact sensations like allergic reaction on the skin due to the
interaction of the substances with the help of ultraviolet radiation. According to Bhusnure et
al., (2018), considering the fact that majority of the employees working in the medicine
manufacturing company are found to have chronic exposure to the chemicals, in few cases
the toxic effect of chemicals were not reversible an proved to be fatal. The chief effects of
chemical exposures that are faced by the employees of the mentioned industry includes, skin

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burns, ache, Anthrax, Ulcer, Cancer and others. Different ways by which chemical hazards
causes harm includes catching explosive fire, being corrosive , irritant explosive as well as
reactive, causing organ damage after prolonged exposure to chemicals and causing genetic or
reproductive harm.
Alonso et al., (2019) pointed out those organizations that possess effective policies and
procedures to deal with the potential chemical hazards in the pharmaceutical industry, have
recorded lower accident or injury compared to organizations that lacks the same. In all
workplaces, it is highly crucial for the employees to be mindful when it come to the health
and safety of the workers. The basic policies and procedures that has the potential to prevent
hazardous accidents in the drug manufacturing organizations includes maintaining a tidy
work area, wearing eye protection, refraining from wearing clothes that exposes the skin and
conducting crisis assessment on a every day basis.
In order to ensure effective intervention, the key aims of the Management of Health & Safety
at Work Regulations 1999 are identifying dangers as well as prevent individuals from being
harmed at the workplace (Smulders et al., 2019). Pharmacies as well as laboratories are
obliged legally to conduct health & safety risk assessments. The intervention that is followed
by the pharmaceutical manufacturing organizations includes appropriate identification of the
hazards, looking up potential dangers on the HSE website along with examining the accidents
record sheets. The identification of hazards must be followed by effective strategies to deal
with the mentioned hazards. Another preventive measure includes determining the actions
along with making effective decisions on how to deal with hazards. Legally, the risk must be
removed or minimised. For instance, stopping access to a hazard or removing it from the
premises as soon as possible. If not possible, employees must be given with preventive
measures to deal with the mentioned situation.

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Management Plan
The risk management plan of pharmaceutical company should contain the risk identification,
risk mitigation and risk contingency plan. In this case the risk management plan is aimed to
secure the human resource of Alpha Pharm Pty ltd. In the following section the step by step
risk management phases have been presented:
a) An inspection will be conducted after each 6 months to examine the manufacturing and
logistics premises of the Alpha Pharm Pty ltd in order to identify any potential hazardous
risk.
b) The audit report will be developed according to the inspection result through conducting
Fault Tree Analysis or FTA. The mitigation and the contingency plan will be developed
accordingly with the presence of HRM and other executives
c) The plan will be implemented under the inspection of the General Manager, HRM and
other supervisory bodies. The third party could be involved in these implementation
procedures, such as mechanical and electrical service providers and legal advisors.
The following table will discuss the possible faults in Alpha Pharm manufacturing
department and the possible intervention
Hazard Likeliness Impact Mitigation/contingency plan
Respiratory problems because
of the over exposure of bio-
chemicals and suspended
particles
High Medium Appropriate PPE or personal
protective equipment should be
present in the premise
Physical injury from falling or
stuck by hazard
Medium High Seeking medical attention
immediately and arranging
Monterey and other

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compensation
Skin burning due to chemical
hazard
Low Low Arranging PPE
Emergency Response
Emergency Response is another major mitigation plan that could help Alpha Pharm Pty Ltd
to handle a hazardous situation. In this case the employees should be properly instructed
about the emergency evacuation procedure and emergency communication procedure. Here
are some emergency number which should be provided as guideline among the employees
Organisation Name Contact Title Phone number
ALL Any kind of
emergency support
including fire, first
aid and others
National Emergency
line
000
State Emergency
Services (SES)
Any kind of
emergency in
Victoria
VicEmergency Hotline [phone]
Police Illegal activities or
hazards
Emergency Police 131 444
Poisons Information
Centre
In case of any
chemical hazard
Poisons Information
Centre
131 126

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Organisation Name Contact Title Phone number
Ambulance Emergency Health
support
Nurse On Call 1300 606 024
In the following section the emergency procedures will be presented that are suitable for
Alpha Pharm Pty Ltd managerial hierarchy:

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Procedures Brief outline of
procedures
Evacuation point/
address
Reference to full
procedure document
Supporting
documentation
Chemical
leakage
related
Hazard
Seeking attention of co-
workers and immediate
superiors
Executing the first aid
procedure
Wait for evacuation
signal
Follow fire warden
instructions.
Calmly evacuate the
premises from nearest
emergency exit.
Arrive at evacuation
location.
Locate and count all staffs
Marco-polo
junction, Winston
street
Chemical
emergency
document, post
hazard inspection
audit report,
Employee
emergency
evacuation
guideline
Employee
evacuation Caution
sign, Evacuation
plan map

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Emergency Evacuation Floor Plan