OSHA 7000: OSHA Training Guidelines for Safe Patient Handling Seminar

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

OSHA 7000: OSHA Training Guidelines for Safe Patient Handling Seminar

Course Description

Protect your workers and patients by staying abreast of OSHA’s Ergonomics Guidelines for Nursing Homes. This course focuses on spotting, assessing, and controlling ergonomic hazards in a healthcare setting. You’ll learn the proper way to create an ergonomics process and how to work with the risks inherent in handling patients. Plus, you’ll go over how to identify problem jobs and how to apply solutions.

Course Content

OSHA’S FOCUS IN NURSING HOMES

DEVELOPING AN ERGONOMICS

RISK FACTORS

IDENTIFYING PROBLEM JOBS

IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS

Requirements & Materials
Important Information

Although enrollment in online OSHA numbered courses is restricted to students in OSHA's Region IV (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), individuals who have an established relationship with Georgia Tech (have previously taken courses at Georgia Tech OTIEC), are not prohibited from registering for OSHA numbered online courses if they reside outside of OSHA's Region IV.

Materials

Required

  • Photo identification (present at check-in)

Provided

  • Participant and handout manuals
  • Course evaluation for each participant (OSHA 49)

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for clinicians and administrators who are tasked with protecting workers and patients in a healthcare setting.

OSHA professionals working on jobsite

What You Will Learn

  • OSHA ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes
  • Understanding and creating safe ergonomic spaces
  • Risks in handling patients
  • Detecting ergonomic problems
  • Practicing ergonomic solutions
Occupational safety and health professionals collaborating on job site

How You Will Benefit

  • Understand the benefits of having an ergonomics process.
  • Spotting ergonomic hazards in handling patients.
  • Developing solutions to address ergonomic problems.
  • Learn the ins and outs of OSHA’s Ergonomics Guidelines for Nursing Homes.
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The solid OSHA curriculum, fueled with hands-on training, and a strong professional network builds you for a successful safety career.

- Rodrigues "Rocky" Smith
Safety Manager

TRAIN AT YOUR LOCATION

We enable employers to provide specialized, on-location training on their own timetables. Our world-renowned experts can create unique content that meets your employees' specific needs. We also have the ability to deliver courses via web conferencing or on-demand online videos. For 15 or more students, it is more cost-effective for us to come to you.

  • Save Money
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Group Training
  • Customize Content
  • On-Site Training
  • Earn a Certificate
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