Health and Safety Strategy in Medical Institutions: Employee Participation

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Boczkowska ◽  
Konrad Niziołek
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Safety Strategy

scholarly journals Infectious Diseases and the Pre-Hospital Practitioner

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Speers
Keyword(s):  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The Body ◽  
Post Exposure Prophylaxis ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Post Exposure ◽  
Emergency Service Personnel ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Exposure Prophylaxis ◽  
Safety Strategy

Ambulance officers and other emergency service personnel may be exposed to the body fluids of their patients due to the unpredictable nature of their work. As it is not possible to predict which patients may have a communicable disease, standard precautions must be practiced at all times. This is part of an occupational health and safety strategy that includes appropriate immunisation, education, and post-exposure counselling of staff. The actual risk of acquiring blood-borne viruses or other communicable diseases is less than is generally perceived, and post-exposure prophylaxis is available for several of these. Hepatitis B is the most transmissible of the blood-borne viruses but there is very effective pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis available. There is effective post-exposure prophylaxis available for HIV but not for hepatitis C. An ambulance officer exposed to tuberculosis or meningococcal disease should also be offered post-exposure counselling and protective therapy as appropriate, although the risk of subsequent disease is very small. Education of staff about the actual risks involved following an exposure and the correct procedures to follow will allay fears and allow the safe and efficient management of patients outside of the hospital.

scholarly journals The job competency of radiological technologists in Korea based on specialists opinion and questionnaire survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Chang-Seon Lim ◽  
Yang-Sub Lee ◽  
Yong-Dae Lee ◽  
Hyun-Soo Kim ◽  
Gye-Hwan Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Valid Conclusion ◽  
Job Competencies ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Job Competency ◽  
Safety Operation

Purpose: Although there are over 40,000 licensed radiological technologists (RTs) in Korea, job competency standards have yet to be defined. This study aims to clarify the job competency of Korean RTs. Methods: A task force team of 11 professional RTs were recruited in order to analyze the job competency of domestic and international RTs. A draft for the job competency of Korean RTs was prepared. A survey was then conducted sampling RTs and the attitudes of their competencies were recorded from May 21 to July 30, 2016. Results: We identified five modules of professionalism, patient management, health and safety, operation of equipment, and procedure management and 131 detailed job competencies for RTs in Korea. “Health and safety” had the highest average score and “professionalism” had the lowest average score for both job performance and importance. The content validity ratios for the 131 subcompetencies were mostly valid. Conclusion: Establishment of standard guidelines for RT job competency for multidisciplinary healthcare at medical institutions may be possible based on our results, which will help educators of RT training institutions to clarify their training and education.

scholarly journals Covid-19 and labour law in Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-313
Author(s):  
Marco Biasi*
Keyword(s):  
Parental Leave ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Social Dialogue ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Policy Measures

This article provides an account of the Italian response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the labour law field. The author focuses on the policy measures in the matters of income support, parental leave, rest and holiday leave, agile working (i.e. teleworking), dismissal, as well as on the special provisions arranged by the social partners and later adopted by the legislator to preserve the health and safety of the employees and also to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the workplace. Ultimately, the author hints at the potential development of employee participation in Italy in the wake of the upsurge of social dialogue during the coronavirus emergency.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety in Operating Rooms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hülya Gül
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Operating Rooms ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Employee Safety ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Medical Institutions

Nurses are one of the most endeavored members of healthcare services. Operating rooms, on the other hand, require special caution and contain various hazards for healthcare professionals. Operating rooms contain various risk factors related to applications, infrastructure and humans. It is one of the areas that need nursing care the most since patients are dependent on their nurses to meet their personal needs. Nurses are exposed to various risk and health problems in operating rooms. Healthcare service provided by nurses working in a healthy environment directly affects the health and quality of life of those who receive the service. In order to prevent these problems, intensive up-to-date educations on occupational risks and employee safety should be provided for the nurses working in operating rooms. In addition to the general occupational hygiene measures, different precautions should be taken for the operating rooms. Working in a healthy and safe environment is a human right that every individual must have. Managers of the medical institutions should be attentive to follow the laws and sanctions on occupational health and safety, institutions should be inspected frequently and monitored carefully. In this section, this subject will be studied in line with actual data and resources.

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