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Managing Health and Safety in Healthcare

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3-4 hours
Free

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Learn about the management of safety and health in healthcare with this free online course. This free online course, Managing Health and Safety in Healthcare, will teach you about safety management practices, providing an introduction to managing occupational safety and health in a way that is suitable for all healthcare settings. This free online course will teach you about the safety statement, safe systems of work, safety consultation, biological, physical and chemical hazard types and general principles of prevention.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID191939
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Explain how to manage occupational health and safety in a healthcare environment
• Explain the safe system of work
• Identify the components and describe the function of a safety statement
• Recognise accidents and incidents in healthcare
• Outline the steps in an accident investigation
• Identify the main requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare Act
• List the four categories of hazards in healthcare settings
• Describe the risk assessment process
• Apply the General Principles of Prevention in your workplace
• Outline the four biological agent risk groups
• Describe the measures used to safeguard healthcare employees from the harmful effects of hazardous biological or chemical agents
Course Code359

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