Safety of Health Workers And Patients



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Agoha Chiamaka Oluwabunmi 




Mr Ehi Iden, The Chief Executive Officer, Occupational Health and Safety Managers, has in an event organised to commemorate the World Patients Safety Day celebrated annually on September 17, emphasised  on the need to prioritise  the safety  of health workers’ and patients.

The Chief Executive Officer said  the need to combine  the issue of the safety  of health  care workers and patients into one global discussion  is obvious.


He said, “Owing to the COVID-19 impact on the health and safety of the health care workers as was evident globally, it became obvious the need to integrate these two issues into one for global discussions. The World Health Organisation in her wisdom has chosen a very apt theme for this year’s event, ‘Healthcare Workers Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety’, this could not have come at a better time.

"As we join the rest of the world to mark the World Patient Safety Day 2020 as adopted at the 72nd World Health Assembly Resolution in May 2019, it is important to strengthen the fact that both the safety of the health care workers and that of the patients should be protected.

"As much as we advocate the safety of patients, we also need to remember that health care facilities are also workplaces primarily before being a place where patients receive care. The need to also protect the health and safety of the health care workers should be a very important aspect in the conversations that surround patient safety.”

He further  emphasised  on the safety of the patient  which could  be threatened, if the health  care workers  safety  isn't guaranteed.

"Good treatment outcomes and the safety of the patients is a combination of many variables; it is difficult to give credit to specific sets of professions within the system. Outcomes are always joint efforts of all employees within the facility and this is one of the reasons why we argue that safety must start from the boardroom to the bedside, to the gatehouse and beyond.

"We appeal to all employers of labour within the health care sector, the government and regulatory agencies to look closely into the issues of health care workers’ safety and protection. The health care work environment is highly infectious and what is needed most times is only mitigation which comes in form of safe process designs, improved hygiene practices, use of personal protective equipment and vaccination of health care workers against infectious diseases with existing vaccines,” he said.

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