Course: HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE HEALTHCARE WORKER

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Course title HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE HEALTHCARE WORKER
Course code KSZD/ZBOK9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jarabicová Oľga, PhDr. PhD.
Course content
Lecture Topics: 1. Healthy working conditions, assessment, management and communication of health risks 2. Health risks at individual workplaces and at work in health care, prevention of professional health damage 3. Health Promotion Programs 4. Obligations of the employer in creating healthy working conditions, employer's duties in the area of work safety 5. Categorization of work, risky work 6. Occupational health services, legislation

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is aimed at gaining knowledge about the influence of working conditions on the health of employees, on the principles of creating healthy and safe working conditions and on the duties of managers in the area of prevention of health damage of healthcare workers.
Expertise: The student can describe and explain the influence of working conditions in health care facilities on the health of employees, identify risk factors and situations, assess exposure to health harmful factors and the resulting health risks, can design a program to reduce - manage - health risks and the way of communication with staff and the population, knows Obligations to manage health and safety at work and relevant legislation. Professional skills: The student is able to elaborate a report about health risks at work, is able to classify the work of individual professions into categories and to elaborate a proposal for risky labor, can communicate with authorities of public health and safety at work.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance in lessons and seminars (80%), processing of categorization proposal in chosen workplace, processing of intervation program to improve working conditions and employee health, written test (success for 75%)
Recommended literature
  • NV ČR č. 361/2007 Sb., kterým se stanoví podmínky ochrany zdraví při práci v znění platných předpisů.
  • Zákon č. 258/2000 Sb. o ochraně veřejného zdraví v platném znění.
  • Zákon č. 262/2006 Sb. Zákoník práce v znění platných předpisů.
  • Zákon č. 309/2006 Sb. o zajištění dalších podmínek bezpečnosti a ochrany zdraví při práci v znění platných předpisů.
  • Zákon č. 373/2011 Sb. o specifických zdravotních službách v znění platných předpisů.
  • ILO, 2015. Instructions to Occupational health and Safety. Geneva: ILO.
  • OSHA, 2013. Hospital Safety: Integrating Patient and Workplace Safety Programs. Lessons-CMT Fact Sheets. OSHA 3730.
  • OSHA, 2013. Hospital Safety: Worker Safety in your Hospital. Know the Facts - CMT Fact Sheets. OSHA 3689.
  • OSHA, 2016. Worplace Violence: Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers. OSHA 3148.
  • ŠUBRT, B., TUČEK, M. Pracovnělékařské služby. Praha: Anag, 2017, ISBN 978-80-7554-106-2.
  • ŠULCOVÁ, M. Mikrobiologie, epidemiologie, hygiena. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP. 2021. ISBN 978-80-7414-791-3.. ISBN 978-80-7561-067-6.
  • ŠULCOVÁ, M. Zdravie pri práci. Bratislava: VŠZaSPsvA. 2018. ISBN 978-80-8132-187-0.
  • TUČEK, M. et al. Pracovní lékařství pro praxi. Praha: Grada Avicenum, 2005.


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