Comprehensive Healthcare Hazard Control & Safety Management
Achieving Safety Excellence in Healthcare
This programme is delivered in-house or at our Doha centre. Contact us to confirm scheduling, group sizing and fees for your team.
RegisterBalancing health and safety with the delivery of top-quality care is a common challenge in the healthcare sector. However, achieving high standards in patient care should not come at the expense of the health and safety of your employees and others. A well-implemented safety management system can ensure the delivery of superior healthcare services while safeguarding the health and safety of your workforce.
This Demoura Lawson Consulting training course delves into the critical relationship between quality healthcare delivery and robust health and safety management. It identifies common pitfalls in healthcare management and offers practical, proven solutions. Participants will gain a blend of effective management techniques and practical implementation strategies to meet the high-performance standards expected in the healthcare industry.
This course will focus on key legal responsibilities in healthcare management; identifying and controlling significant healthcare hazards; conducting comprehensive risk assessments and maintaining risk registers; applying principles of prevention and control; managing both clinical and non-clinical risks; and delivering quality healthcare without compromising on health and safety.
- Understand and comply with key legal responsibilities in healthcare provision
- Identify and assess significant hazards and risks in healthcare
- Develop skills to integrate health and safety management with core healthcare activities
- Enhance risk perception and implement effective hazard control measures
- Recognize the importance of continuous improvement through performance monitoring
Participants in this course will benefit from a highly interactive learning experience led by an expert tutor. The training employs various proven adult learning techniques, including exercises, case studies, and open discussions. Videos and real-life scenarios will be used to stimulate deeper discussions, with participants encouraged to share their own experiences and challenges.
- Compliance with internationally recognized health and safety management standards
- Professional development of staff
- Improved safety systems, control measures, and behavioral practices
- Reduced incidents and optimized resource use
- Leadership equipped to prevent and manage adverse events
- Increased profitability through enhanced safety management
- Deepened understanding of hazards and risks in healthcare
- Knowledge of the legal foundations of health and safety management in healthcare
- Ability to implement a comprehensive health and safety management system
- Enhanced skills in evaluating health and safety performance
- Recognition of the benefits associated with a successful health and safety management system
- Healthcare line managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Healthcare engineers and maintenance personnel
- HSE professionals
- Employee representatives
- Human resources professionals
- Any staff involved in planning and implementing the healthcare organization's HSE management system
Day 1
- Legal requirements for health and safety in healthcare
- Developing and maintaining an effective safety management system
- Bridging clinical and non-clinical risk management
- Risk assessments and risk registers
- Principles of prevention
- Control, cooperation, communication, and competence
Day 2
- Occupational health hazards: chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial, ergonomic
- Hospital-acquired infection (HAI): hazards and controls
- Sharps and needlestick management
- Cleaning, sterilization, and decontamination
- Control of exposure to hazardous substances (including biological agents)
- Laboratory safety
Day 3
- Ionizing radiation: exposure, measurement, and control
- Waste management: clinical and non-clinical
- Musculoskeletal injuries and prevention
- Stress management: HSE Stress Management Standards
- Health assessment and surveillance
- Fire safety and emergency evacuation procedures
Day 4
- Role and importance of facilities management
- Medical gases management
- Legionella control
- Working at heights and confined spaces
- Electrical safety and power supply management
- Slips, trips, and falls: hazards and controls
- Contractor management: work permit systems and isolations
Day 5
- Measuring safety performance
- Active and reactive monitoring systems
- Incident reporting and investigation, including near-miss reporting
- Root cause analysis
- Audits and reviews
- Course summary and wrap-up