Entries and exits must be safe for workers, patients and visitors, including those with special needs or disabilities, under normal and emergency conditions. Aisles, walkways and staircases should be wide enough for the tasks and equipment used including in emergencies, free of obstruction and compliant with Australian Standards and building codes, with open stair sides guarded by upper and lower rails, a handrail on at least one side (extra rails in the middle of wide stairs), contrasting colour on step surfaces and caps and ramps gentle enough to use safely. Provide separate entries and exits for equipment, vehicles and pedestrians, or kerbs, barriers and markings where they must share routes, safety devices on doors and gates, transparent viewing panels on main traffic doors unless fire rated, marked exits and directional signs and observation mirrors for blind spots. Workers visiting a home should learn the exit points. Avoid carpet in clinical areas, spill-prone areas, areas where people may contact it directly, areas with airborne infection risk and areas where it hinders pushing beds, wheelchairs and trolleys, and clean floors routinely for infection control. Lighting, natural or artificial, must permit safe movement and work without awkward postures or eye strain in entries, stairs, wards, theatres, waiting areas and homes, outdoor paths and car parks after dark, with emergency lighting for evacuation, and lower lighting where needed to reduce agitation must still prevent trips and collisions.
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