For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But respiratory illness pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are very serious. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widely, and they can pose a major global health threat. While some businesses and organizations may close during a pandemic, most healthcare facilities will remain open, and workers may be exposed to the virus frequently throughout the day.
This training course is for healthcare employees and provides information about how to prepare for and stay safe during an acute respiratory illness pandemic.
For most healthy adults, seasonal viruses are not generally life-threatening. But as you’ve seen in the news, respiratory disease pandemics, such as those caused by coronaviruses or influenza, are something else. They often involve new strains of viruses to which people have developed no immunity. These kinds of viruses can spread quickly and widely, and they can pose a major global health threat. That’s why you need to know about acute respiratory illness pandemics and how to prepare for them.
The main objective of this course is to make you aware of the risks of pandemics, the potential problems we could all face should we be hit with a pandemic, and the precautions you would need to take to keep you, your family, and your patients safe.
Para la mayoría de los adultos sanos, los virus estacionales generalmente no representan una amenaza para la vida. Sin embargo, como habrá visto en las noticias, las pandemias de enfermedades respiratorias —tales como las causadas por coronavirus o por la gripe— son una cuestión muy distinta. A menudo implican nuevas cepas de virus frente a las cuales las personas aún no han desarrollado inmunidad. Este tipo de virus puede propagarse de manera rápida y extensa, y llegar a constituir una grave amenaza para la salud a nivel mundial. Por este motivo, es fundamental que usted conozca todo lo relativo a las pandemias de enfermedades respiratorias agudas y sepa cómo prepararse para afrontarlas.
El objetivo principal de este curso es concienciarle sobre los riesgos que conllevan las pandemias, los posibles problemas a los que todos podríamos enfrentarnos en caso de vernos afectados por una de ellas, y las precauciones que usted debería adoptar para salvaguardar su propia seguridad, así como la de su familia y sus pacientes.
The job of a healthcare worker involves helping others during an injury or illness, but sometimes, there‘s a risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Fortunately, healthcare-associated infections are often preventable when appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are implemented. This course discusses what bloodborne pathogens are, how exposure may occur, the precautions that can be taken to successfully prevent exposure, and the actions to take if exposed.
Compliance:
To supplement this course, employers must provide additional training, including:
• An accessible copy and explanation of OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard, 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.1030;
• An explanation of the facility’s exposure control plan and how employees can obtain a copy of the written plan; and
• Site-specific training on the elements covered in the facility’s exposure control plan.
There must also be an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with the employee’s trainer or supervisor.
Employees at human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) laboratories and production facilities will need additional training not covered in this course.
Although infrequent, workplace emergencies are a fact of life that can be bad for us and for our patients.
Because your role in an emergency is vital whether it is preventing a fire, reporting an incident, responding to the incident, evacuating the area, or helping others to evacuate, we must all be prepared for a variety of possible emergency situations.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s, or OSHA’s, Hazard Communication, or HazCom, Standard, which is also referred to as the workers’ “Right-to-Know” standard, makes sure that employees, including healthcare workers, know all about the possible dangers of hazardous chemicals that they may come into contact with and gives them the information they need to protect themselves from those hazards. Employers are required to provide workers with this information for the hazardous chemicals present in their workplace.
This training course informs healthcare workers on how to recognize hazards, how to protect themselves, and how to interpret critical information designed to make their workplace safer.
Compliance:
To supplement this training course, employers must train employees on the physical, health, and other hazards associated with the hazardous chemicals in their work area and how employees may protect themselves from those hazards to comply with 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.1200(h). Employers must also provide employees with the details of the facility’s HazCom program and where the program is located.
One of the biggest hazards healthcare workers face on the job is back injuries and related stress injuries caused by lifting and transferring patients. This module is designed for acute care staff and home health caregivers who lift or transfer patients as part of their job duties.
The main objective of this training session is to help you avoid slip, trip, and fall hazards and prevent accidents. This course focuses on Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, requirements and best practices. It does not address rules or guidance issued by other agencies or organizations such as the Joint Commission that may also apply to you.
Workplace violence is among the leading causes of workplace fatalities, and there are thousands of nonfatal violent on-the-job incidents each year. Workplace violence can occur at any business or workplace, but there are some environments and occupations that are at higher risk. One of the occupations at a higher risk is healthcare workers.
This session discusses your role in preventing violence by recognizing the warning signs of workplace violence and defusing potentially violent situations. This session also discusses the appropriate way to respond to violent incidents.
Healthcare workers face a number of unique safety and health hazards on the job. In fact, more workers are injured in the healthcare and social assistance industry than any other.
Fortunately, there are a number of safe work practices you can follow to reduce your risk of injury and illness, including wearing PPE. The main objective of this training session is to provide you with the information you need to use PPE effectively to protect against job hazards.
Although workplace violence is often unpredictable and can happen in any business, there are some environments and occupations that are at higher risk. One of the occupations at a higher risk is healthcare workers. This session discusses your role in preventing violence by recognizing potential threats, defusing violent situations, and reporting any violent incidents. This course is designed to meet the requirements of California’s Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care, but it outlines preventive and safe work practices that can apply to health care facilities around the country.
