Health and Wellness Screening/Programmes
Success Stories
Becton Dickinson (BD) is a global medical technology company operating in 50 countries; it has two manufacturing facilities in Singapore specialising in the production of hypodermic needles, syringes, catheters, immunisation products and critical care products. There are also the BD regional headquarters for Asia and its BioVenture Centre, a full-service life science incubator. There are 350 people employed in Becton Dickinson Critical Care Systems and approximately 1,000 people in the 3 BD entities in Singapore. Health interventions have reduced by half the number of employees who had health risks due to undesirable cholesterol levels. BD is also satisfied with its low turnover rate of 4.5 percent; the national average in the manufacturing industry is 18 percent. Becton Dickinson Critical Care Systems won the Work-Life Achiever Award 2008.
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About Becton Dickinson Critical Care Systems
Workplace Health Promotion programmes are targeted at the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual health of the employees. They include activities like yogassage, flower arrangement, family outings to Sungei Buroh Nature Reserve and Tree-top walk at MacRitchie Reservoir, as well as volunteering at SWAMI Home for the elderly. BD offers annual health screening and regular Body Mass Index (BMI) monitoring. As a result, the average Fitness Index score has shown improvement and employees with unhealthy blood cholesterol levels are more aware of their health risks. All this has resulted in lowering of medical costs for the company and progressive reduction in absenteeism. Senior managers champion and participate in the programmes and share their lifestyle experiences with colleagues.