Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare
Objectives
Learning outcomes:
a) Identify and understand the relationships between work conditions and activity and health and safety effects in hospitals and other Health sectors and disease. Identify occupational hazards exposure oh health workers. Understand the relationships between Occupational Health and Safety and Patient Safety;
b) Understand that occupational hazard exposure and occupational risk determine a systemic risk management approach. In fact, the Hospital environment and their interactions with workers are complex; Emphasize the risk of exposure to biological agents and their prevention.
c) Propose hospital risk management programs aiming at the prevention of occupational hazards and health promotion.
General characterization
Code
9601
Credits
3
Responsible teacher
Available soon
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 84
Teaching language
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Prerequisites
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Bibliography
¿ HASSELHORN, H-M.; TOOMINGAS, A; LAGERSTROM, M. ¿ Occupational Health for Health Workers: a practical guide. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1st ed., 1999.
¿ SERRANHEIRA, F.; UVA, A.; SOUSA, A.; LEITE, E. ¿ Segurança do Doente e Saúde e Segurança dos profissionais de saúde: duas faces da mesma moeda. Saúde & Trabalho. 7 (2009) 5-29.
¿ SACADURA LEITE, E.: Doenças Profissionais Respiratórias em ambiente hospitalar. Saúde e Trabalho 4 (2003) 13-28.
¿ SACADURA-LEITE, E. & SOUSA-UVA, A. Healthcare workers¿ health: Old, new and emerging occupational hazards. Arezes, P. et al. Occupational Safety and Hygiene SHO 2015. Proceedings book. Guimarães: SPOSHO, 2015.315-19. ISBN978-989-98203-3-3.
Teaching method
Lessons with support projection means (powerpoint slides and other audiovisual methods). Exemplification in class with some exercises.
Evaluation: continuous and attendance (20%); group work with presentation (30%) and individual final evaluation (50%).
Evaluation method
Available soon
Subject matter
1. The context of work in hospitals and the complexity of the relationships between its different elements;
2. Patient Safety and Occupational Health and Safety in hospitals;
3. Hospital occupational hazards and occupational risks:
- Physical hazards;
- Chemical hazards,
- Biological hazards;
- Psychosocial hazards;
- Ergonomic hazards.
4. Models of hospital Health and safety organization and administration;
5. Relationships between Occupational hospital health, safety, and patient safety.