Monitoring Tools for Compliance Plans

Running head: COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS 0

Compliance Violations

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Compliance Violations

My two topics I have chosen to write about are: Clinical staff members are not washing their hands between patients and Employees are not knowledgeable in the use of fire extinguishers. Working within the healthcare field, these are two very important areas of compliance.

Hand hygiene is vital to every work area, no matter what it may be. However it is essential to the healthcare field. Employees of healthcare facilities should wash their hands several times per day, to protect not only the patients, but themselves from a bacteria or contamination that they may come in contact with. With this being said, a compliance plan would assist our office with following the recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, along with the HICPA/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force and the CDC to ensure all employees are properly trained in hand hygiene and the importance (Boyce, J.M., Pittet, D., 2002).

Another area that is important to have compliance with is proper training of the employees of the use of fire extinguishers. This too can occur within any working field and the employees should be made aware of the proper use of the equipment and which equipment is used for each type of fire to ensure a safe work environment. According to the statute OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157 (g) requires all employees to be trained in the use of fire extinguishers annually. For some of our employees to have a lack of knowledge within this area, we need to develop a compliance plan to ensure we are maintaining proper OSHA requirements, and to ensure the safety of all involved (O’Donnell, R., 2013).

References

Boyce, J.M., Pittet, D. (2002). Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings.

Retrieved from, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PreviewMmwrhtml/rr5116a1.htm

O’Donnell, R. (2013). Fire Extinguisher Training: Best Practices.

Retrieved from. https://ohsonline.com/articles/2013/10/01/fire-extinguisher-training-best-practices.aspx