Introduction

Healthcare organisations operate in environments where patient care, employee wellbeing, and operational continuity must be maintained simultaneously. Managing health and safety effectively requires a proactive approach that addresses clinical and non-clinical risks while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and recognised safety standards.

The Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management training course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of healthcare safety principles, hazard identification, risk assessment, and control strategies. The training course explores practical approaches for developing and maintaining effective safety management systems that support quality healthcare delivery without compromising workforce safety.

Through a combination of risk management techniques, safety leadership principles, and operational controls, participants will develop the capability to create safer healthcare environments, reduce incidents, and strengthen organisational performance.

Key focus areas include:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This training course combines expert-led presentations, practical exercises, case studies, group discussions, and real-world healthcare safety scenarios. Participants gain practical experience in applying risk management tools, developing control measures, and implementing safety management practices that can be directly applied within healthcare organisations.

Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management

Who Should Attend?

This Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management training course is designed for professionals responsible for maintaining safe healthcare environments and managing organisational risks, including:

  • Healthcare Line Managers, Supervisors, and Team Leaders
  • Healthcare Engineers and Maintenance Personnel
  • Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Professionals
  • Employee Representatives
  • Human Resources Professionals
  • Facilities Management Personnel
  • Staff Involved in Healthcare HSE Management Systems

Course Outline

Day 1

Healthcare Management

  • Legislation for health and safety in healthcare
  • Developing and sustaining an effective safety management system
  • The bridge between clinical and non-clinical risks
  • Risk assessments and risk registers
  • Principles of prevention 
  • Control, co-operation, communication and competence
Day 2

Hazards, Risks, and Controls within Healthcare - Part 1

  • Occupational health hazards – chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial, ergonomic
  • A hospital-acquired infection (HAI) – hazards and controls
  • Sharps and needlestick management
  • Cleaning, sterilisation, and decontamination
  • Control of exposure to hazardous substances (including biological agents)
  • Laboratory safety
Day 3

Hazards, Risks, and Controls within Healthcare – Part 2

  • Exposure to ionising radiation, its measurement, and control
  • Waste management – clinical and non-clinical
  • Musculoskeletal injuries and ill-health – hazards and controls
  • Stress – HSE Stress Management Standards
  • Health assessment and health surveillance
  • Fire and safe evacuation
Day 4

Maintaining a Safe Healthcare Environment

  • The role and importance of facilities management
  • Medical gasses
  • Legionella
  • Work at height and confined spaces
  • Electricity and essential power supply
  • Slips, trips and falls – hazards and controls
  • Control of contractors - work permit systems and isolations
Day 5

Sustaining Safety Excellence

  • Measuring performance in a meaningful way 
  • Active and reactive monitoring systems for Healthcare safety
  • Accident reporting and investigation (including the importance of near-miss reporting)
  • Root cause analysis
  • Audits and reviews
  • Course summary

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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