Safety Culture in Healthcare Settings

Description

This course provides science and evidence-based information for healthcare workers with a focus on six competencies designed to increase knowledge about work-related hazards and address organizational and personal strategies to promote a safe and healthful work environment. Fostering a shared commitment to safety through management support, employee involvement, and open communication.

A positive safety culture is one in which safety is a shared value and priority at all levels of the organization. It involves:

• Management commitment to safety.
• Employee involvement in safety initiatives.
• Open communication about safety concerns.
• A focus on continuous improvement.
• As mentioned before, fostering a safety culture often involves identifying priority actions, building action plans, facilitating participatory workshops, and deploying new practices.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the importance of safety culture in health care settings.
• Identify common work-related risk and hazards.
• Explain strategies to prevent/control work-related injury/illness.
• Identify leadership strategies that lead to continuous improvement of safety culture for health care workers.
• Describe the Occupational Safety and Health Act as legal framework for worker safety and health.
• Describe ethical principles of safe working that guide health team members’ professional practice.

Intended audience

This course is recommended for all personnel