Safety Culture in Healthcare Settings
Fostering a shared commitment to safety through management support, employee involvement, and open communication.
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