safety and oshaد حاتم البيطار
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By
Dr Hatem El Bitar
Egyptian fellowship
Mobile:01005684344
Medical Safety / Osha course
كورس السالمة المهنية
محاضرات 3
يمنح شهادة حضور من
االكاديمية
Patient’s Safety in Health care
System
Objectives
Define patient safety
Define and Discuss osha standards
Describe the scope of the problem of errors in health care
discuss safe practices to decrease the medical errors
Discuss National Patient Safety Goals Effective
Patient safety : Means
In its simplest form,
patient safety is
“prevention of harm to
patients.”
Patient safety : Means
The avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events resulting from the processes of health care delivery.
Or simply means
prevention of harm to patients also health care workers , visitors and every body came to the medical facility
Failure to plan or wrong plan to achieve the aim
Medical errors
The basic principles of
patient safety in health care
system
The basic principles of patient safety in health care system
1- Create an Environment for Safety
2-Data Analysis
3-Confidentiality
4-Information Sharing
5-Legal Status of Reporting System Information
Thank You
By
Dr Hatem El Bitar
Egyptian fellowship
Mobile:01005684344
Occupational
Safety & Health
Administration
Occupational
Safety and
Health
Administration
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Introduction to OSHA
About OSHA
It is part of the United States Department of Labor
OSHA's administrator answers to the Secretary of Labor who is part of the US President's cabinet
Congress passed the Occupational and Safety Act of 1970 creating OSHA
OSHA
Strategies
to Reduce Exposure
These are devices that isolate/remove the
blood borne hazard from the workplace.
These include:
Hand washing facilities
Sharps containers
Biohazard labels
Eyewash stations
Self-sheathing needles/syringes
Engineering Controls
Work practice controls
(equipment needed to prevent accidents)
Osha Guidance for the
Selection and Use of
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Goal of PPE Use
Improve personnel safety in the healthcare environment through appropriate use of PPE.
Summary
OSHA helps save lives and prevent injuries
OSHA standards are the enforceable requirements for worker safety and health
Where to Get OSHA Standards
CD-ROM subscription through U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
OSHA web site - OSHA standards, interpretations, directives (www.osha.gov)
Thank You
See you next lecture!