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Integration of Patient Safety and the Environment of Care – Is Your Facility Prepared?

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The Joint Commission requires that accredited organizations integrate the patient safety and environment of care safety programs. There is not a lot of detail behind the requirements but there is a clear statement in the introduction to the environment of care standards that staff is to be educated about the role of the environment in safely, sensitively, and effectively supporting patient care. This simple statement establishes the foundation for integrating the environment of care into the patient safety program.
The key to integration is clearly through education. Conducting risk assessments, writing policies and procedures, conducting environmental rounds and sending copies of minutes between committees is not integration.
Until staff understands the role of the environment in patient care and how they need to interact with the environment there is no integration. It is simply a show for the Joint Commission. In the end, if there is not a change of staff behavior there is no integration.
This program will discuss how to design and implement the process for developing an integrated safety program that addresses occupational, environmental, and patient safety issues.
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Learning Objectives:
- Describe how the Joint Commission standards work together as a system to describe the elements of the process for developing and integrated program.
- Identify the elements required to design a comprehensive safety program.
- Demonstrate how a risk assessment can be used to identify the critical control points for managing safety risks.
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Who Should Attend?
- Facility Managers
- Facility Administrators
- Facility Engineers
- Construction Managers
- Industrial Hygienists
- Infection Control Managers
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Presenters and Panelists:
Ode Keil
President
Ode Keil Consulting Group
Mr. Keil is internationally recognized as an expert resource and teacher in the areas described by the JCAHO's PTSM and EC standards.
Ms. Dorsey entered private industry by accepting a position with a 1000 bed hospital. She managed the health and safety programs at the hospital as well as all of the compliance issues for 11 physician practices owned by the hospital. While working for the hospital, she developed health and safety programs including but not limited to Hazard Communication, Ergonomics, Asbestos Management, Indoor Air Quality, Hazard Surveillance, and JCAHO Environment of Care Management Plans as well as conducting countless air monitoring studies. During this time, Ms. Dorsey was on faculty at North Carolina A & T University , teaching industrial hygiene and health and safety.
Ode Richard Keil, MS, MBA, CCE is the Director of Quality Management and Performance Improvement for Provena Mercy Center in Aurora Illinois. He is also the President of The Ode Keil Consulting Group. Inc. Mr. Keil manages several departments of Provena Mercy Center including Quality and Risk Management, Patient Safety, Medical Staff Affairs, Infection Control, and the Care Management group. He consults with hospitals across the country on JCHAO and regulatory compliance issues.
His previous work experience includes:
Eight years as Vice President of Safety Management Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in environment of care issues; Thirteen years as Director of Plant and Technology Management for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. During his tenure with the Joint Commission, he developed the Plant Technology and Safety Management (PTSM) and Management of the Environment of Care (EC) Standards. Mr. Keil also designed the current survey and accreditation process associated with these standards. Six years managing biomedical equipment management programs for both hospitals and independent service companies.
Mr. Keil is a well-known expert in the areas addressed by the JCAHO standards for managing the environment of care. He has taught survey process and standards to Joint Commission surveyors and is internationally recognized as an expert resource and teacher in the areas described by the PTSM and EC standards. Hehas also served on committees and boards of many important healthcare organizations including AAMI, NFPA and ASHE, and has served as a member of many government panels and task forces at the state and national level.
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