In the healthcare industry, health and safety can all too frequently become a balancing act between giving patients the best care possible and protecting the health and safety of your staff and other people. One option does not have to be chosen at the expense of the other. A well-thought-out and executed safety management system may guarantee that you provide top-notch medical treatment without endangering the health or safety of your employees.
The relationship between high-quality healthcare delivery and efficient health and safety management will be examined in this healthcare training course offered by Oxford Training Centre. It will also highlight frequent healthcare management mistakes and workable alternatives. The training program will give participants a special combination of tried-and-true management strategies and practical application to help them successfully meet the high-performance requirements that their company demands.
Objectives and target audience
Objectives
A highly qualified tutor will use a variety of tried-and-true adult learning teaching and facilitation strategies to provide participants in this Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management training course with comprehensive instruction on the topics covered within the course outline. Exercises, case studies, and open discussion forums will all be used to encourage active involvement throughout the program. Delegates are encouraged to contribute their own experiences and problems within their organization, and the videos that are displayed will stimulate additional conversations.
This training course on healthcare hazard control and safety management will teach you how to:
- Recognize the important legal obligations for healthcare delivery
- Recognize the serious dangers and hazards associated with providing healthcare.
- Gain expertise in managing health and safety by other essential healthcare tasks.
- Recognize risk perception and implement efficient hazard control in the medical field.
Target audience
- Every healthcare team leader, supervisor, and line manager
- Maintenance staff and healthcare engineers
- HSE staff
- Representatives of employees
- Professionals in human resources
How will attendees benefit?
Using a range of tried-and-true management strategies and interpersonal skills, participants will gain the ability to recognize important risks and hazards in the healthcare industry and handle them successfully. The effects on an individual basis will be
- Recognizing the serious risks and hazards in the healthcare industry
- Understanding the legal foundation for managing health and safety in a healthcare environment
- Finding out how to put in place a healthcare health and safety management system
- Enhanced expertise in assessing performance in terms of health and safety
- Recognizing the advantages of an effective system for managing health and safety
Course content
Management of healthcare
- Health and safety laws in the medical field
- Creating and maintaining a successful safety management program
- The link between clinical hazards and those that are not
- Risk registers and risk assessments
- Preventive principles
- Competency, communication, cooperation, and control
Healthcare hazards, risks, and controls
- Chemical, physical, biological, psychological, and ergonomic risk to health during work
- Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) risks and precautions
- Needle sticks and sharps Handling
- Decontamination, sterilization and cleaning
- Reducing contact with hazardous substances, especially with biological ones
- Laboratory safety