In addition to the risks of infection with COVID, health workers continue to experience other occupational health and safety risks of biological, physical or psychosocial nature.
Therefore, for the protection of physical Hezlth mental health, safety and well-being of health workers, WHO recommends a combination of measures for infection prevention and control, occupational health and safety and psychosocial support. Health workers participating in pandemic response are exposed to many different occupational risks to health and safety. These include: COVID infection, illness, and transmission to others; fatigue from working longer hours and heavy workload, insufficient sleep or rest, dehydration, and inadequate nutrition; musculoskeletal injury from handling of patients and heavy Occupational Health And Safety Workplace, prolonged work while using personal protective equipment which can cause heat stress, skin and mucosal damage; workplace violence and stigma, and a variety of mental health Ambitions Grievous, emotional distress and occupational burn-out.
The target audience for this course is health workers, incident managers, supervisors and administrators who make policies and protocols for their health facilities. OpenWHO aims to equip all frontline responders with the knowledge they need to better contain disease outbreaks and manage health emergencies. It also aims to foster discussions, feedback and sharing of expert knowledge on public health. Your request has been sent to our support team, and will be answered as soon as possible.
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This course consists of five sections in response to these needs: - Introduction - Module 1: Infectious risks to health and safety - Module 2: Physical risks to health and safety - Module 3: Psychosocial risks to health and safety - Module 4: Basic occupational health and safety in health services.
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