Healthcare workers are excited and proud to care for patients and help them live long, healthy lives. Yet, in this same environment, caregivers can expose themselves and their patients to many chemical hazards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication standard has recently been enhanced with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The new HazCom standard not only gives workers the right to know the chemicals and hazards they face, but the right to understand them and how to protect themselves from danger.
HazCom for Healthcare: A GHS Overview will help employees understand this new standardized process of communicating chemical hazards.
Classes of Hazards
Define the six classes of hazards
Understand health risks associated with each hazard
Labels on Shipped Containers
Identify the required components of a container label
Recognize the nine pictograms for hazard identification
Using hazard labels in the workplace
Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
Understanding of the different sections used on the SDS
Accessing SDS's in the workplace
The written hazard communication plan
Responsibility of the employer
Added features and benefits of DVD training include:
A customizable PowerPoint presentation – makes training site-specific; excellent for training different personnel and departments
Training points – outlines key learning points of your training; reinforces important safety points to your employees
Chapterized content – video-enriched training organized by learning objectives that facilitates classroom discussion; ideal for refresher training, specific training points, and navigating through the course
Expanded leader's guide – excellent resource to help plan and implement your presentation; a quiz is provided that can serve as a pre- and/or post-evaluative tool
Portable convenience – perfect for those who train and travel!