Developing a Healthcare Safety Management System, Electrical Safety

Boasting a 7.6 Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR), healthcare in the United States does not lead the charge in workplace safety. It is heavily regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Joint Commission (TJC). Unless a significant regulatory event exists (severe injury, fines, etc.), attaining OSHA compliance is primarily reactive. CMS and TJC concur and state that all healthcare facilities shall comply with OSHA and all other authorities having jurisdiction (EPA, NFPA, etc.), but it stops there. TJC surveys have little to no focus on workplace safety, and the areas where the highest-risk work is performed are ignored. Those areas and the associates discussed in this presentation are in Facilities Management.

How does an effective and sustainable safety initiative take root without (1) policies, programs, and processes, (2) training and continuing education, and (3) a poor safety culture?

During this webinar, our lecturer will share their journey on how their team developed and deployed a sustainable electrical safety initiative for one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States (35 sites), spanning four states.

Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:  

1. Identify challenges in healthcare that make initiative development difficult and how to navigate through them
2. Develop a safety initiative and understand what is needed to move the initiative forward
3. Develop and deploy elements of an effective electrical safety initiative
4. Sustain current and future initiatives with program review and retrospective lessons learned

Lecturer

Joseph Sommeso, CSP, CHMM, PMP, PMI-RMP, DASM

Mr. Sommeso has over 20 years of experience in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), program and project management, and operations and maintenance strategies, He is the Director of EHS for one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the country and holds the CSP, CHMM, and PMP credentials. Joe is also pursuing additional Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Change Management education to enhance his EHS and operational readiness expertise.

Credit

This course contains 1 hours of instruction. 0.1 CEUs are offered for this course.

As an IACET Accredited Provider, Bowen Learning Network offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.

Eligible for contact hours with the BGC, BCSP, IHMM, and other OEHS certifying agencies.

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Completion Requirements

To receive a Certificate of Completion for this course, participants are required to complete the following items:

1. Participate in the live webinar or review the on-demand webinar recording.
2. Score 70% or higher on the quiz.
3. Complete the webinar evaluation.

No certificate will be awarded to participants who do not meet the above completion requirements.

Computer Requirements

The Bowen Learning Network online virtual classrooms are powered by BigBlueButton. It fully supports the Windows, Mac OS X, and Chromebook platforms (see below for versions supported). Support is available for iOS (iPads) and Android Tablets. While smart phones can be used, the screens are too small to display all of the aspects of the Virtual Classroom.  For the best online learning experience, the use of a device with a larger screen is HIGHLY recommended. A physical keyboard is also recommended.

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