Facility Management & Safety

Benefits to the Practice

This section focuses on the guidelines for management of healthcare organization following the health and safety protocol.

Healthcare facility must operate in an environment that is safe for everyone in all aspects.

All kinds of external factors which may disrupt the work environment & affect quality of care must be identified.

Appropriate policies and systems must be in place to avoid accidents.

This section will guide the organization to arrive at a comprehensive risk management plan.

This aspect of the process mainly focuses on the external factors affecting patient care.

Basic facilities like potable water, electricity, vacuum systems, air quality etc. can hinder our goal of patient care.

Consistent supply of clean air, potable water & electricity is must for a healthcare organization to operate efficiently.

External factors which can significantly affect the quality of care are as below -

• Air Quality
• Water Quality
• Consistent supply of electricity
• Usage & handling of the potentially hazardous materials and chemicals.
• Fire
• Electrical system and equipment
• Forgery, Fraud, Robbery.

This chapter will help you with the guidelines to organize your facility systems so that good quality of care is provided to the patients uninterruptedly.