Kosar Semnan Educational, Research and Treatment Center
Environmental Health Unit:
Name and surname of the responsible expert: Ms. Hanieh Mirhaj
Description of duties and actions of the environmental health unit:
- Coordinating and taking action to form hospital committees for environmental health, control of hospital infection and active participation in them and follow up on relevant resolutions
- Preparing and compiling educational materials and organizing training sessions related to environmental health and public health for personnel of different categories
- Supervising and intervening in concluding hospital service contracts and requesting medical examination card, labor examination card and public health education certificate for personnel subject to law
- Check the status of water used by the hospital (public network, private network) and file a case
- Hygienic control of water consumption in terms of quantity and quality and periodic microbial, chemical and chlorometric tests based on existing instructions, standards and conditions
- Supervision, inspection and health control of all different stages of collection, separation, transfer, temporary storage and disposal of hospital waste, as well as preventing the sale and recycling of hospital waste
- Hygienic supervision and control on the way of disposing of hospital wastewater and in case of any problem, providing appropriate executive proposals
- Sampling of the effluent of the wastewater treatment system in accordance with the announced instructions (if there is a treatment plant) in order to check the quality of wastewater treatment
- Control of insects and rodents with the priority of improving the environment, sanitary disposal of waste and, if necessary, the principled use of chemical methods and also preventing the activities of unauthorized spraying companies
- Supervision and intervention in the preparation and use of disinfectants and hospital cleaners
- Necessary action in the field of preparing clothes and essentials needed for spraying and disinfection (robe - hat - gloves - mask - boots, etc.) and providing pesticides and disinfectants and other equipment and tools used in spraying and disinfection in coordination with hospital officials
- Checking the technical and hygienic condition of the air conditioning system in the hospital (heating, cooling) and follow-up to solve possible problems
- Follow-up and action in the field of health and protection issues of the ionizing radiation department with the help of the relevant health physics official
- Continuous technical and hygienic supervision on how the kitchen works, including:
Environmental health conditions of the kitchen, cold storage, food storage, sanitary services, personal hygiene of the ward staff, rest room of the staff, washing and disinfection of utensils, washing and disinfection of raw vegetables used, hygienic condition of food ready to cook utensils and utensils used and. . . .
- Necessary supervision and coordination in the food supply, cooking and distribution chain with the cooperation of a nutritionist in order to ensure the health of food distribution and consumption
- Permanent supervision and control over the affairs related to the laundry and observing all safety and hygienic points in terms of separating infected from non-infectious clothes during washing and using automatic detergents and suitable cleaning materials, and finally disinfection and ironing of infected and contaminated clothes ( Explanation: In the use of disinfectants, the necessary care must be taken in choosing its type and the amount allowed so as not to cause damage to equipment and clothing)
- Continuous communication with health deputies in coordinating executive activities and instructions and supervisory measures in the hospital
- Recording of administrative actions and correspondence and forming a correct and regular archive so that the process of activities and follow-up in this way is fully accessible and visible.
- Monitoring safety and active participation in reducing accidents and injuries in the hospital, including window coverings, fire extinguishers and warning systems, containment of medical capsules and. . .
- Providing improvement strategies as the most basic method of carrier control
- Carrying out assigned tasks in special circumstances such as controlling the epidemic and also dealing with crises and disasters
- Creating a culture and preventing smoking in closed and public spaces of the hospital
- In general, the necessary health supervision and control over all departments - Cooperation and coordination with managers and officials of different departments in the field of job and organizational duties