The Essentials

Know your Hospital the Essentials

Facility Management and Safety

The management and safety of the hospital facility is an important part of quality improvement and patient safety. A Safety Committee has been constituted to act as an advisory body, with Director as its chairperson. The committee conducts extensive safety rounds of the facility and offers suggestions for improvement, where necessary. The safety manual has been compiled by the safety committee, which gives information on staff response to hazardous situations. A disaster plan has also been formulated. Mock drills for external and internal disasters are conducted. A policy for hazardous materials that must be strictly followed by all staff members has also been formulated.

The basic responsibilities of the staff are:

• To know and respect the ‘No Smoking Policy’
• Fire safety
• Handling hazardous material spill eg. Formalin and Xylene spill , Blood Spill etc
• Patients Rights & Responsibilities.

Accident Prevention

• Hospital strives to provide the environment free of recognizable hazards and to reduce the risk of injury. Hospital assures a safe environment for patients, personnel and visitors by establishing a safety management program.
• Hospital policy also includes compliance with all safety and health standards and regulations in accordance with legal and contractual requirements.
• Preventing accidents is largely a matter of individual responsibility. Employees should keep in mind the following, which will help to make Hospital a safe place to work.
• Follow all hospital and Department safety policies and practices.
• Be continuously informed about the fire rules of the Hospital, the location of the fire extinguishers and fire alarms, and the responsibilities of each employee in case of a fire.
• Avoid accidents by eliminating hazards and developing safe work habits.
• Keeping work areas clean and tidy. Bad housekeeping cause more accidents at work than anything else.
• Report all accidents to the head of the department or Security Head immediately.
• Obey the sign and posters – they are there to remind of whatshould be done.
• Report to the department head /supervisor immediately.
• Always be alert to the safety hazards of wheelchairs and other equipment used by patients or fellow employees.

• Never operate electrical equipment with wet hands.
• Apply proper body mechanics when lifting or bending. (knees bent back straight).
• Make every effort to keep the hospital clean and orderly.
• Dress suitably for work. If you have been given special clothing to wear such as coat or any other dress, it makes sense to wear them – they are there to protect you.
• In any emergency, try to act calmly and quickly.
• Pay attention to the instructions of supervisor/manager to know from experience what causes accident. If in any doubt clarifications should be sought immediately.
• Remember that many accidents also happen outside workplace i.e., while driving and at home. So similar care must be taken on the road and at home as at work.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Each floor has many complete sets of PPEs (gloves, goggles, face mask, apron, gumboots, etc) to be used in such situations, and replaced later.

Fire Safety Equipments

1. B.A. Set
2. Fireman suit
3. Fix Fire Fighting System
4. Fire Extinguishers etc.

Fire Safety Plan

This Fire Safety Plan have been framed to ensure that in case of a fire in Hospital building, safe evacuation of its occupants may present serious problems unless plan for orderly and systematic evacuation is prepared in advance and all occupants are well drilled in the operation of such plan.

Main purpose of fire safety plan is establish method of systematic, safe and orderly evacuation of the hospital building of its occupants in case of fire or other emergency, in the least possible time, to a safe area by the nearest safe means of egress (way out) also the use of such available fire appliance as may have been provided for controlling or extinguishing fire and safeguarding of human life. Emergency exit floor plans & dedicated emergency exits have been marked in suitable areas in each floor for information of all.

Emergency Fire Exits

There are emergency fire exitsin the hospital as under:

a) Basement 2 :

• P1 – Back side near Gate no.4 opening,main Fire stair near WTP Plant
• P2 – Between gate no. 1 and 2 opening
• P3 – Main Fire Stair Front side of building, Near gate no. 08 opening, near gate no. 07 Opening

b) Basement 1 :

• P1 –Back side near Gate no. 04 opening,Main Fire Stair Near Fire pump room
• P2 – Between Gate no.1 & 2 opening
• P3 – Main Fire Stair Front Side of building, Near gate no. 08 opening, near Gate no.07 Opening

c) Ground Floor:

• P1 – Near General washroom area, Main Corridor opening gate no.04 side, Emergency Corridor Fire
• P2 – Main Reception area
• P3 – Staff Entry Corridor, Main Corridor opening gate no. 07 side, Ortho OPD Corridor Fire Stair Opening

d) 1st Floorto 11th Floor:

• P1 – Main Fire Staircase Front side of Building, Backside Staircase
• P2 -NIL
• P3 – Main Fire Staircase Front side of Building, Backside Staircase

All staff should take part enthusiastically in all Fire Drills (Code Red) conducted from time to time.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY SERVICES

Occupational Hazards

• Biological Hazards(Blood,Body fluids,Needle Stick Injury)
• Chemical Hazards(Formalin, xylene etc)
• Physical Hazards(Fall,Backache,Noise Pollution, PhysicalAltercation etc)
• SafetyHazards(ElectricalHazards,BrokenEquipments etc)
• Psychosocial Hazards (Work Related stress)

Hazard Surveillance: Hazard surveillance rounds shall be performed to ensure compliance with safety requirements, plus safety audit of all operations and areas for potential occupational hazards and risks to employees.

Safety Training: Provide safety training to the entire Hospital including but not limited to critical areas.

Record keeping: Occupational injury and illness record keeping and reporting.

Hazard assessment: Hazard assessments shall be performed to develop safety procedures for various operations, such as compressed gas safety or protection from blood borne pathogens.

Injury and Illness investigations: Conducting investigations to determine root causes and recommend corrective action