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Safety Culture in Healthcare Settings
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WB4450R – NIOSH Pub. No. 2023 – 135
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This enduring activity is designed to increase knowledge and change competency of healthcare worker practices and strategies. This activity will provide information about the importance of an integrated safety culture at the worksite supported by proactive leadership. Safety culture and key attributes will be stated. Current information on five work-related hazard categories and work tasks related to these exposures will be described. Information will be provided on prevention and control of work-related hazards including a framework utilizing the NIOSH hierarchy of controls (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), occupational safety and health laws and standards, resources, and ethical principles to support safe practice.
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the importance of safety culture in health care settings.
- Identify common work-related risk and hazards.
- Explain strategies to prevent/control work-related injury/illness.
- Identify leadership strategies that lead to continuous improvement of safety culture for health care workers.
- Describe the Occupational Safety and Health Act as legal framework for worker safety and health.
- Describe ethical principles of safe working that guide health team members’ professional practice.
There are five knowledge modules each 20-30 minutes long along with a list of resources that healthcare workers can utilize. Upon successful completion of all five modules in the course, participants will receive a certificate and continuing education credits. Note: If you must stop before the end of the course, be sure to remember the module number and section where you stop so you do not have to start the course from the beginning when returning.
Course Information
In support of improving patient care, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.5 nursing contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU’s for this program.
DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.
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Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
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Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)
To receive continuing education (CE) for WB4450R Safety Culture in Healthcare Settings, please visit and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WB4450R. Follow the steps below by 05/23/2027.
- Register for and complete the course.
- Pass the post-assessment at 71%.
- Complete the evaluation.
- Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.
FEES: No fees are charged for ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s CE activities.