The Hospital Safety Professional's Handbook, Fifth Edition
1556450877
9781556450877
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This trusted resource is your guide through the complex and changing world of healthcare safety and regulatory compliance. Completely updated, this book removes the stress from the role of healthcare safety professional by providing straightforward coverage of all the most important topics, including life safety and emergency management scenarios, keeping up with The Joint Commission, and the increased presence of CMS in the safety space.
The Hospital Safety Professional's Handbook, Fifth Edition, gives you the necessary resources to handle evolving safety requirements. With a new emphasis on risk assessment, emergency planning, and complex issues such as hazardous waste disposal, this is the one handbook you need to handle all of your safety duties!
This book will help you:
- Emphasize risk assessment as a core measure of planning, growth, and continuity of operations
- Meet the regulatory requirements related to life safety and emergency management
- Train hospital staff on communication and safety topics, including safety-related staff competency requirements based on revised Joint Commission standards
- Clarify key issues such as the 96-hour rule, corridor clutter, Sentinel Event Alerts, and more
- Strategically integrate building safety and patient safety, infection control, and relevant National Patient Safety Goals
- Navigate the safety director's role during construction and renovation projects
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: An Overview: The Hospital Safety Professional
Chapter 2: Managing Risks in Healthcare
Chapter 3: Setting Up and Organizing Your Program
Chapter 4: Budgeting for Safety
Chapter 5: Creating a Safety Manual
Chapter 6: Safety & Security Management
Chapter 7: Hazardous Materials and Wastes
Chapter 8: Preparing for and Responding to Emergencies (Including Utility Systems Capabilities)
Chapter 9: Life and Fire Safety Management (Including ILSMs)
Chapter 10: Medical Equipment and Utilities
Chapter 11: Performance Improvement/Effective Organization/Management of Your EOC Committee
Chapter 12: Education and Training
Chapter 13: Final Recommendations
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