In this case by the union SPS Committee on adaptation and relocation for health reasons the center decided to adapt the functions of a pregnant employee in accordance with current regulations
The General Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Murcia processed during the last year 44 cases of adaptation of job or relocation due to pregnancy, including the case that the union has publicly denounced SPS.
The Committee on adaptation and relocation center for health reasons, an independent body composed of equal numbers of union representatives (Cemsatse, CCOO and UGT) and representatives of the Administration, and attended the service advisor Occupational Health and Safety with voice but without vote, unanimously decided, after looking into the request of a professional, working in the Service-ray, adapting their jobs to their pregnancy status.
The Commission relied on measures that dictates the Nuclear Security Council on the protection of pregnant workers exposed to ionizing radiation for the adaptation of everyday professional life.
The Commission established appropriate security measures established by Law, to ensure safety compliance with all current regulations and that the performance of their work are no risks to pregnant women.
The Directorate of Hospital Reina Sofia and Ray Service complied with the adaptation of job, which exempted the professional conduct of certain actions within the service.
Among the preventive measures was assigned a lead apron, approved and specifically advised by the Nuclear Security Council, whose weight is 3.8 kilograms and has not had to use this pro in no time, and that the actions required their use are distributed among other workers.
Management center, after receiving a Jan. 13 letter from the professional again requesting the change of location, called a special meeting of the Committee on adaptation and relocation for health reasons Hospital, who met Jan. 20.
The Commission decided to respond to the professional (get the answer today) that to grant the change, once adapted their jobs so there was no risk, it is imperative that a study Occupational Hazards technical conditions as professional demands in your letter, and that for granted the change is necessary to ensure the safety of the new post.
Once that study and that their safety is guaranteed, and after assessing the health of the worker by the Department of Labor Risks, the Commission will decide whether to grant change of location.
362 cases of occupational risk for pregnancy in 2008
Murcia Health Service, through the operation of a specific resolution to regulate the management of cases of adaptation to the job or relocation of pregnancy and lactation, last year processed 362 requests from all occupational categories to promote conditions protect labor and professionals in the maternity period.
The Murcia region has been the first community in regular professional relocation pregnancy.
Of the 255 cases sent to the mutual processed there was a positive assessment of 229.
All records requested by the public are reviewed by the Commission to adapt and relocate for health reasons from each center, which studies each case in detail and recommended the adaptation of job or professional relocation, according to the characteristics of office .
Finally, to reiterate that the actions taken by the Directorate of Hospital have always been directed, in this case as in the other cases of adaptation, to ensure maximum health and wellbeing of the worker and his son.
Source: CARM