Åsa Sundin sounded the alarm: it can be found in 150,000



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Several security representatives in Gothenburg raised the alarm to the Swedish Work Environment Authority about inadequate personal protective equipment and written routines in the municipal health and healthcare sector.

One of the security representatives is Åsa Sundin from the Vårdförbundet union.

– Already at the beginning of April, we submitted written documentation to the employer that the ten districts of Gothenburg needed approved personal protective equipment (PPE), which it then includes, and that the employer had to take responsibility, he says.

“It has improved”

Safety representatives also want employers to document unwanted incidents and refer to the regulations of the Swedish Work Environment Authority.

– The employer must take responsibility for the infection and trace it later. Since we raised this in April, we have had a process underway at the employer where routines have been screwed in and we have been listened to. During the summer, it has improved and the routines have hardened. I dare say that is the situation in most of the districts of Gothenburg.

But in Angered it looks a little different.

“We think it’s good”

– We have had greater difficulties in Angered to overcome this, which the security representatives there have pointed out. Therefore, the Swedish workplace authority has put forward a fine requirement with a tight time frame if the employer does not meet the requirements, says Åsa Sundin.

The fine is 150,000 SEK.

This is something that security reps think is good.

– Obviously we think it is good, at the same time it is regrettable that it has taken so long for municipal health care to lag behind in relation to the region’s access to protective equipment. At the same time, we see that it is valuable for us as a union to ensure that our workers can work safely, says Åsa Sundin.

Gothenburg City Hall.Photo: CSABA BENE PERLENBERG

Not approved for covid-19

The requirements of the Swedish Work Environment Authority for the city of the state of Gothenburg, among other things, are as follows:

“You must ensure that personal protective equipment used for patient-centered work with caregivers with established or suspected COVID-19 infection and that it does not have the CE mark or a temporary permit from the Swedish Work Environment Authority is not available in the workplace for employees. ”

Long-sleeved aprons without the CE mark or with the mark approved for covid-19 have also been found to have been found.

Therefore, the Swedish work environment authority can carry out a physical inspection to verify that such equipment has been cleaned.

Anna Hildesson is Senior Healthcare and Care Sector Manager at Angered.Photo: Press image

Responsible for the sector: “We do self-inspections”

Anna Hildesson is Senior Healthcare and Care Sector Manager at Angered.

She says the protective equipment in the district is now being reviewed.

– First of all, it is not confirmed in Angered that we have protective equipment that is not approved. We have discovered that there are small quantities of long sleeve aprons that are not marked. The Angered district does not differ from other districts because we have the same equipment and order from the same warehouse. The important thing now is that nothing old is left in any storage. Only CE marked equipment or equipment approved by the Swedish Work Environment Authority should be used, says Anna Hildesson.

She explains that the district informs the Swedish Work Environment Authority about how the situation looks.

– We may be fined, but we do a self-check and report what we did before Tuesday. At this time, a self-inspection is being conducted in our large storage and units. But when it comes to accessing the right equipment, there is no question that it exists, says Anna Hildesson.

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