Preventing suffocation accidents and preparing for them

Implemented

Other accidents Y

Accident

22.9.2016

2016-S25

Recommendation

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health should ensure that the personnel of home service, home care and care institutions are trained and instructed in how to identify patients at risk of suffocation and take preventive measures in the areas of food quality and sufficient monitoring. In particular, the personnel of care institutions should be trained to remove foreign bodies from food.