Posts Tagged ‘Sleep staff safety’

Utilizing Technology To Stay Safe While Working In the Sleep Lab

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Sleep Tech Tip of the Week

By Michael Miller, RPSGT

Due to the extremely positive feedback that last week’s Sleep Tech Tip of the Week generated, I chose the path of least resistance when deliberating what to write about this week. Inspired by Lynnette Shafer’s article “Don’t Be a Victim-Stay Safe While Working Solo”, I decided to cover the topic of staff safety from a technical viewpoint. No matter whether you are male or female, working alone or working with colleagues, working with inappropriate adult patients or working with boisterous pediatric patients, I propose implementing technology as a tool to thwart any unsuitable behavior that is alluring to patients when visiting a sleep lab. (more…)