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!