This interview explores the strong connections between infection prevention and manual handling injuries in hospitals and healthcare facilities. We are all in this together. Hear about research and audit results and how new materials and innovative equipment design can reduce infections and musculoskeletal injuries and improve operational efficiency, particularly with hospital cleaners.
Highly respected Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Consultant, Marija Juraja, shares her passionate insights into ways we can create safer and healthier healthcare environments. Marija pushes us to work smarter and help each other, when it comes to manual handling and infection control outcomes. If there was ever a time for prioritising the control of infection and workplace safety – that time is now.
Connect with Marija Juraja on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marija-juraja-83523075/
References:
Lowering the Curtain on Healthcare-Associated Infection. Darrel Hicks (2010)
Accessed online 01/08/2020
https://icpmedical.com/docs/news/Lowering-Curtain-on-Healthcare-Infections.pdf
E Fact 39: Cleaners and musculoskeletal disorders, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Accessed 01/08/2020
http://www.osha.mddsz.gov.si/resources/files/pdf/39_cleaners_musculoskeletal_disorders.pdf
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This interview explores the strong connections between infection prevention and manual handling injuries in hospitals and healthcare facilities. We are all in this together. Hear about research and audit results and how new materials and innovative equipment design can reduce infections and musculoskeletal injuries and improve operational efficiency, particularly with hospital cleaners.
Highly respected Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Consultant, Marija Juraja, shares her passionate insights into ways we can create safer and healthier healthcare environments. Marija pushes us to work smarter and help each other, when it comes to manual handling and infection control outcomes. If there was ever a time for prioritising the control of infection and workplace safety – that time is now.
Connect with Marija Juraja on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marija-juraja-83523075/
References:
Lowering the Curtain on Healthcare-Associated Infection. Darrel Hicks (2010)
Accessed online 01/08/2020
https://icpmedical.com/docs/news/Lowering-Curtain-on-Healthcare-Infections.pdf
E Fact 39: Cleaners and musculoskeletal disorders, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Accessed 01/08/2020
http://www.osha.mddsz.gov.si/resources/files/pdf/39_cleaners_musculoskeletal_disorders.pdf
Carbon Literacy in Healthcare and Planetary Health with Michelle McLean
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Carbon Literacy in Healthcare and Planetary Health with Michelle McLean
How does human health, affect planetary health? Dr. Michelle McLean passionately discusses the importance of taking care of the Planet we have been given, as we take care of ourselves.
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/takeaction/
Michelle McLean’s full research profile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-2483
2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) https://sdgs.un.org/goals
World Health Organization (2020) guidance for climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities. https://www. who.int/publications/i/item/climate-resilient-and-environmentally[1]sustainable-health-care-facilities.
Global Green & Healthy Hospitals https://www.greenhospitals.net/
Green Operating Theatre Sustainability Quiz https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/anaesthesia-perioperative-care/green-theatres/quiz
Doctors for the Environment Australia - DEA
Environmental Physiotherapy Association http://environmentalphysio.com/
World Federation of Occupational Therapists https://wfot.org/resources/wfot-sustainability-guiding-principles
War on Waste http://metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/news/pah-undertaking-its-own-war-on-waste
https://hainesmedical.com.au/pages/wildliferescue
https://thegiftproject.com.au/
https://vetsforcompassion.org/
Zero Waste Heirarchy of Highest and Best Use https://zwia.org/zwh/
https://seesustainability.co.uk/blog/f/demistifying-carbon-footprints-in-primary-care
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This interview explores the strong connections between infection prevention and manual handling injuries in hospitals and healthcare facilities. We are all in this together. Hear about research and audit results and how new materials and innovative equipment design can reduce infections and musculoskeletal injuries and improve operational efficiency, particularly with hospital cleaners.
Highly respected Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Consultant, Marija Juraja, shares her passionate insights into ways we can create safer and healthier healthcare environments. Marija pushes us to work smarter and help each other, when it comes to manual handling and infection control outcomes. If there was ever a time for prioritising the control of infection and workplace safety – that time is now.
Connect with Marija Juraja on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marija-juraja-83523075/
References:
Lowering the Curtain on Healthcare-Associated Infection. Darrel Hicks (2010)
Accessed online 01/08/2020
https://icpmedical.com/docs/news/Lowering-Curtain-on-Healthcare-Infections.pdf
E Fact 39: Cleaners and musculoskeletal disorders, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Accessed 01/08/2020
http://www.osha.mddsz.gov.si/resources/files/pdf/39_cleaners_musculoskeletal_disorders.pdf
