Personal Protective Equipment: Healthcare Workers

Course description

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.

Course Duration: 33 min

Learning objectives:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
  • Recognize importance of PPE
  • Identify job hazards that require use of PPE
  • Select appropriate PPE
  • Inspect and fit PPE properly
  • Remove and dispose of PPE safely
  • Maintain PPE in good condition

Associated libraries

This course is included in the following libraries. Click on any library name to learn more.
All-Access: EH&S (English)
All-Access: Healthcare
Safety for Healthcare Workers