We help you provide a safer and healthier workplace, by building safety right into the building design of every healthcare facility construction project we do. We also offer top quality services that enhance workplace safety.
While you work hard to care for your patients and clients in your healthcare industry, we help you protect the health and safety of you and your employees. We provide a range of safety services, from incorporating safety into how we build, to assessing health and safety programs, and monitoring and abatements. We help you lower risks, become compliant with OHS legislation, and work creatively towards the development of solutions to meet business goals and increase safety.
Building Workplace Safety into Facilities
At JOTMedical, we believe in prevention by design. Many injuries and workplace illnesses can be prevented with superior building design, better equipment choices, and creatively finding engineering solutions to your workplace hazards. Specializing in the healthcare and medical field gives us added insights to help you with your specific building and organization.
Ergonomic Designs, Equipment, and Furnishings
From building design, layout and interior design, to furnishings and equipment choices, we consider health and safety at every step of our facility construction and renovation process, to give you a building that reduces risk. Our custom millwork, glass, and stainless steel solutions will be functional and ergonomic, carefully designed to avoid sharp edges, pinch points, and other safety issues. Layouts ensure adequate access and egress. Surfaces can be effectively sanitized for hygiene. We consider your work procedures, and look for solutions to integrate safety into the final product you receive; all workmanship will meet the intended purpose, with safety built in as much as possible.
Engineered Solutions
We can help you with accommodations for disability management situations to return a worker to duty and in preventing work related injuries with engineering solutions. From sourcing and installing specialized lifting equipment to reduce strains and sprains, or customizing cabinetry to make tools more easily accessible, we have the knowledge and experience to help.
Security Equipment and Building Layout
We install cameras and monitoring equipment for safety, security and patient monitoring; we have experience setting these up to enhance your security and safety system.
Testing, Inspection, and Consulting Services
Occupational Health and Safety Compliance Audits and Health and Safety Program Analysis
We have a qualified team to perform this important occupational health and safety service for healthcare facilities. We take time to audit your occupational health and safety program fully, assess all elements, and provide you with effective, actionable feedback.
Education and Information for Managers and Workplace Health and Safety Representatives
In addition to auditing and analysis of occupational health and safety programs, we provide meaningful reports and additional information to educate management and your occupational health and safety committee members, with recommendations for improving engineered solutions, safety programs, and procedures.
Indoor Air Quality Testing
If there are any concerns about safety issues related to dust, smells, or other air quality concerns in your building, we will create a plan; we will quickly determine if there is a health and safety issue and create a full report, with recommendations if action is necessary.
Microbial Consulting and Management
Our expert team performs air sampling, swabs, and other testing as required to assess for mould, bacteria, allergens and other potential concerns.
Mould Assessments and Abatement
We are contractors qualified to assess mould growth in your building. You can rely on us to quickly determine the presence and level of risk of mould growth, as well as the potential causes and extent of the mould. We also report on mould-related impacts. We provide clear and thorough responses to employee concerns.
Noise Exposure Assessments
If there are concerns about noise, we can assess levels accurately, and make recommendations to reduce noise levels.
Occupational Exposure Assessments
If you have had a suspected exposure incident per the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations, and Code, we can perform an occupational exposure assessment for workers as part of the investigation.
Human Health and Risk Assessments
Our professionals can perform multi-pathway health risk assessments, to determine the potential severity and probability of injuries or illnesses to happen. This helps with proactive measures to reduce risk and potential severity; it may also be required for permits for new facilities.
Asbestos Consulting and Management
For suspected releases or as preventative measures, we will identify and remove asbestos-containing materials, providing consultation, education, and recommendations, documentation for regulatory compliance, and sampling. We can provide reports with maps and logs of asbestos-containing materials.
Covid-19 Cleaning and Disinfection Assessment
Our skilled team is able to assess a COVID-19 contaminated site; we conduct an assessment, site monitoring, testing for verification, and reporting. This is a critical aspect of occupational health and safety for health care and medical organizations; you can trust JOTMedical to perform a thorough assessment.
Designated Substances Surveys and Hazardous Building Materials Assessments
We complete Designated Substances Surveys, in Ontario, or Hazardous Building Materials Assessments as they are known in some other provinces, specializing in healthcare and medical facilities to help you better.
Dust, Silica and Lead Consulting and Management
We provide a range of other consulting, testing, and management or control services, as well, including services for dust, silica, and lead concerns.