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23 November, 2009
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Safety

Page content: General | Children | At home | Outdoors | Work | Water


 
  General
  • Child poisoning in the home - symptoms and treatment
  • Choking
  • Complementary medicines - tell your doctor
  • Domestic violence - tips for women with disabilities
  • Domestic violence - why men abuse women
  • Domestic violence and women with disabilities
  • Drink spiking
  • Electromagnetic fields and health issues
  • Hazardous waste
  • Heat stress – preventing heat stroke
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  • Injuries ... all about
  • Microwave ovens - safety issues
  • Mobile phones and your health
  • Partying safely - tips for teenagers
  • Pesticides - how to choose a pest control service
  • Pesticides - safety when you use a pest control service
  • Safety at home and work ... all about
  • Safety in winter ... all about
  • Solariums (sunbeds and tanning beds)
  • Travel safety tips

    • Children
  • Baby care - moving from cot to bed
  • Baby care - safety issues
  • Baby furniture - safety tips
  • Burns and scalds - children
  • Child abuse - Child Protection Service
  • Child poisoning in the home – prevention
  • Child safety - at home
  • Child safety - bikes
  • Child safety - children and animals
  • Child safety - children and road safety
  • Child safety - hot weather
  • Child safety - indoors ... all about
  • Child safety - outdoors ... all about
  • Child safety - playground equipment
  • Child safety - reducing injuries
  • Child safety in the car
  • Choking - children
  • Domestic violence - tips for children
  • Electricity - safety issues
  • Farm safety - children
  • Scooters and safety
  • Toddlers and choking
  • Water safety for children

    • At home
  • Asbestos in the home
  • Burns
  • Electric shock
  • Falls prevention for older people
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  • Gas heating - health and safety issues
  • Personal Alert Victoria
  • Pesticides - home safety issues
  • Vision loss - safety around the home

    • Outdoors
  • Bushfire aftermath - hazards
  • Bushfire season - prepare your mind
  • Bushfire smoke
  • Bushfires - are you fire ready?
  • Bushfires - people with disability
  • Chemicals - coping with spray drift
  • Cycling health and safety tips
  • Heat stress – preventing heat stroke
  • Hypothermia
  • Motor vehicle accidents
  • Skin cancer - protecting outdoor workers
  • Skin cancer - risk factors and early signs
  • Skin cancer risk - quiz
  • Sun protection in the snow
  • Sunburn
  • Walking - safety and environmental issues
  • Winter sports and cold-related injuries

    • Work
  • Farm safety - all terrain vehicles
  • Farm safety - confined spaces
  • Farm safety - handling animals
  • Farm safety - handling chemicals
  • Farm safety - machinery
  • Farm safety - manual handling
  • Farm safety - sheep and shearing
  • Farming is a dangerous job
  • Shiftwork - health effects
  • Work-related fatalities
  • Workplace health - coping with a critical incident
  • Workplace safety - confined spaces
  • Workplace safety - dangerous goods
  • Workplace safety - hazardous substances
  • Workplace safety - manual handling injuries
  • Workplace safety - noise pollution
  • Workplace safety - overuse injuries

    • Water
  • Bushfires and water tanks
  • Canoeing and kayaking - preventing injury
  • Fishing - preventing injury
  • Grey water - recycling water at home
  • Rowing - preventing injury
  • Swimmer's ear
  • Swimming pools - infection control
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  • Swimming pools - water quality
  • Water - a vital nutrient
  • Water - make it safe to drink
  • Water polo - preventing injury
  • Water safety for children
  • Water tanks and dams - safety tips
  • Windsurfing - preventing injury

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