Safety and first aid A to Z

Having a baby

• Personal security for your baby
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Risks to your baby of home-made infant formula

Hazards

• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Asbestos
• Asbestos – carpet underlay
• Asbestos – contact details
• Asbestos – contamination of soil
• Asbestos – maintenance, removal and renovations at home
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely

Health checks

• Health care options

Heat stress

• Heat and what to wear

Hepatitis B

• Treating needlestick injuries

Hepatitis C

• Treating needlestick injuries

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

• Treating needlestick injuries

Home and household

• Asbestos
• Asbestos – carpet underlay
• Asbestos – contact details
• Asbestos – contamination of soil
• Asbestos – maintenance, removal and renovations at home
• Bed bugs
• Biting midges
• Bore water
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Clean-up guide for small mercury spills in the home
• Domestic wastewater overflow – cleaning up
• Domestic wastewater overflow – legal powers and responsibilities
• Domestic wastewater overflows
• Domestic wastewater overflow – who should respond?
• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Feral pigeon control
• Fleas
• Guide to selecting a pest management business
• Hazards after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• Health effects of dust
• Health effects of wood smoke
• Household wastewater and health risks
• In and around your home after cyclones, floods and other disasters
• March flies
• Mercury and compact fluorescent lamps
• Minimising the risk of a Legionella infection at home
• Mould and dampness
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Protect your health – keep rats and mice under control
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• Safe use and storage of chemicals for your pool
• Stay safe around copper chrome arsenate treated wood
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Swimming pools and spas
• The power is off – is your food?
• Tips for keeping your spa or pool healthy
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely
• Water filters for your home
• Water tanks on your property

Hospital treatments

• During your hospital stay
• Giving informed consent in hospital
• Going home after a stay in hospital
• Going to hospital
• Preparing for your stay in hospital
• Your rights and responsibilities as a patient