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Healthcare Worker Safety
The Healthcare Worker Safety course provides essential training on identifying and managing workplace hazards specific to healthcare settings. It covers infection control, proper handling of hazardous materials, and OSHA compliance, ensuring healthcare workers can maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
What is the Healthcare Worker Safety?
The Healthcare Worker Safety course from the American Institute of Safety Professionals addresses the unique and concentrated hazards that healthcare workers face: patient handling injuries (the #1 cause of healthcare worker injury), bloodborne pathogen exposure (needlesticks, sharps, body fluid contact), workplace violence from patients and visitors (healthcare has the highest violence rate of any industry), chemical exposure (glutaraldehyde, formaldehyde, chemotherapy drugs, anaesthetic gases), slips/trips/falls (wet floors, cluttered corridors, rushing), ergonomic hazards (patient lifting, sustained standing, repetitive tasks), and infectious disease exposure beyond BBP. Healthcare is one of the most hazardous industries for workers, yet it is often not perceived as such because the hazards are biological and ergonomic rather than mechanical and structural.
The curriculum covers safe patient handling and mobility (mechanical lifting equipment, no-lift policies, assessment tools), BBP and sharps injury prevention (engineering controls, sharps containers, safe needle devices), workplace violence prevention in healthcare (patient de-escalation, security protocols, reporting), hazardous drug handling (chemotherapy, antineoplastics, USP 800 awareness), chemical safety (glutaraldehyde, formaldehyde, ethylene oxide), slip/trip/fall prevention in healthcare environments, healthcare-specific ergonomics, latex allergy prevention, infection control and PPE, and the healthcare safety programme. All training is delivered 100 percent online through the American Institute of Safety Professionals LMS. Upon completion, graduates receive a certificate, wallet card, and transcript, employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.
Who should take this course?
Prerequisite: None. Essential for every healthcare worker.
- Nurses, nursing assistants, and patient care staff
- Hospital and clinic safety officers
- Healthcare facility managers
- Laboratory workers and pharmacy staff
- Environmental services (EVS) workers in healthcare
- Anyone working in hospitals, clinics, long-term care, or home health
What will you study?
Core Modules
- 01Introduction to Healthcare Worker Safety
- 02Infection Prevention and Control
- 03Ergonomic Safety
- 04Chemical Safety
- 05Emergency Procedures
- 06Workplace Violence Prevention and Staff Security Measures
- 07Monitoring, Reporting, and Responding to Incidents and Near Misses
- 08Creating a Culture of Safety and Compliance in Healthcare Facilities
Optional / Advanced Modules
- 01Advanced Infection Control and Biohazard Management
- 02Emergency Preparedness for Natural Disasters and Mass Casualty Events
- 03Case Studies on Healthcare Workplace Incidents and Lessons Learned
- 04Implementing Safety Management Systems in Healthcare Environments
How will you be assessed?
Candidates can take this exam through an assigned portal from the American Institute of Safety Professionals. A passing score is 70% or higher, and exam results are provided right after by email to the address provided. The exam is open-book, allowing candidates to validate their answers. Any candidates who do not pass have 1 month after their exam to go through the training materials and can take the exam 3 additional times.
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