Slips, Trips, and Falls in Healthcare
15 min! Run Time
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What you'll learn
Description
Slips, trips and falls are 90% higher in healthcare than all other industries combined. Healthcare organizations are legally required to adhere to OSHA’s Surfaces Standard and fulfill obligations to prevent slips, trips, and falls.
Topics Covered in this Program:
- Causes of slips, trips, and falls
- How to prevent slips, trips, and falls
- Housekeeping procedures for prevention
- Walking and working surface standards
- Weather protocol
- Lighting standards
- Stairs and handrails standards
- Ladder use to prevent falls
- General protocol
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Slips, Trips, and Falls in Healthcare
Frequently Asked Questions
Slips, trips, and falls are 90% higher in healthcare than in all other industries combined, making prevention especially important in these settings.
Healthcare organizations are legally required to adhere to OSHA's Surfaces Standard, which sets obligations for reducing slip, trip, and fall risk on the job.
It covers housekeeping procedures for prevention alongside walking and working surface standards specific to healthcare environments.
Yes, it covers stairs and handrails standards along with lighting standards as part of a complete facility safety protocol.
It includes weather protocol and ladder use to prevent falls, rounding out the general protocol healthcare facilities are expected to follow.