Lung Function Assessments
Protect your workers' respiratory health with professional on-site spirometry testing. Our lung function assessments help businesses monitor respiratory health, detect changes early and meet workplace health monitoring requirements, all delivered across NSW with minimal disruption.
What Is a Lung Function Assessment?
Spirometry is a simple lung function assessment used to monitor workers' respiratory health over time. In the workplace, it helps establish a baseline, identify changes in lung function and support health monitoring programs for workers exposed to respiratory hazards such as dust, fumes, chemicals and airborne contaminants.
Regular spirometry testing plays an important role in protecting workers' health while helping businesses meet their workplace health monitoring obligations. By identifying changes early, employers can take appropriate action before respiratory conditions become more serious.
What to Expect
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Once you request a quote and we understand your team's size, industry, and scheduling requirements, we'll lock in a date that fits around your operations. We can accommodate early starts, split shifts, and high-volume programs across multiple days.
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Before test day, we'll provide your team with clear preparation instructions — including guidance on avoiding smoking, heavy exercise, and certain medications in the hours before testing. Following these instructions is important for producing accurate results, and we make them easy to understand.
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Our mobile testing van arrives at your site, fully equipped and ready to go. There's no need for employees to leave the workplace — we set up, manage the flow, and minimise disruption to your day.
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Before each assessment begins, our technician explains exactly what the employee needs to do and why. Lung function testing requires active participation — good coaching is the difference between a valid result and having to repeat the test.
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The employee completes the assessment by breathing into a spirometer through a mouthpiece. They'll be asked to take a deep breath in, exhale as hard and as fast as possible until their lungs are empty, then inhale again. The test is repeated several times to ensure accurate and reliable results.
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Results are available immediately. We'll provide your organisation with a clear, comprehensive report that documents each employee's lung function status, flags any results of concern, and recommends appropriate next steps where needed.
How We Work
Why NSW Businesses Choose Hayden Health & Safety for Lung Function Assessments
Spirometry relies on the participant performing the test correctly. Our trained technicians coach each employee through the assessment to achieve accurate, consistent and clinically reliable results.
Our purpose-built mobile testing vehicles travel across NSW, delivering professional spirometry testing at your workplace. We work around your operations to minimise disruption and keep your team productive.
Your organisation receives clear, easy-to-understand spirometry reports within 2 business days. We highlight any results requiring further attention, helping you take timely action and maintain your workplace health monitoring records.
Where spirometry identifies a concern, or respiratory hazards are present, we provide practical guidance on next steps, including respiratory protection, fit testing and ongoing health monitoring.
Our spirometry testing is conducted in accordance with recognised Australian Standards and supports your obligations under the NSW Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025. Our team stays current with evolving industry requirements and best practice.
Spirometry works alongside respirator fit testing and Fit For Purpose PPE services to help you build a comprehensive respiratory health program with one trusted provider
Compliance & Regulations
Where workers are exposed to hazardous airborne contaminants such as respirable crystalline silica, welding fumes, asbestos or certain chemicals, employers have a duty to provide appropriate health monitoring. Spirometry forms an important part of many respiratory health monitoring programs, helping businesses meet their workplace health and safety obligations while protecting workers through early detection of changes in lung function.
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