Keep Health Workers Safe to Keep Patients Safe

Description

This training emphasizes the critical importance of ensuring health worker safety to achieve patient safety. Based on WHO’s Health Worker Safety Charter, participants will learn actionable strategies to protect health workers from physical, biological, and psychological hazards, as well as violence. The training also addresses systemic improvements, such as integrating health worker safety with patient safety policies.

Target Audience

Healthcare leaders, policymakers, and administrators focused on improving health worker and patient safety in healthcare settings globally.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, you will be able to:

1. Understand the interconnection between health worker safety and patient safety.
2. Identify strategies to protect health workers from physical, biological, and psychological hazards.
3. Develop and implement policies to prevent violence against health workers.
4. Establish programs to support the mental well-being and occupational safety of health workers.