Office Health and Safety
The productivity of a company begins with the health of its employees. While it is not always possible to eliminate sickness, with the proper tools, reducing the illness and its effects can be within your reach. With this course, you will obtain what it takes to keep yourself and co-workers healthy.
In the Office Health and Safety course, participants will learn the core skills that will help them identify common illnesses, understand how they spread, recognize symptoms, apply treatment and prevention techniques and establish an emergency response plan.
Module One: Getting Started
• Workshop Objectives
Module Two: Common Winter Illnesses I
• Cold
• Cold Sores
• Influenza
• Pneumonia
• Case Study
• Module Two: Review Questions
Module Three: Common Winter Illnesses II
• Conjunctivitis
• Sore Throat
• Strep Throat
• Norovirus/ Viral Gastroenteritis
• Case Study
• Module Three: Review Questions
Module Four: Cold/ Cold Sores
• How it Spreads
• Symptoms
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Case Study
• Module Four: Review Questions
Module Five: Influenza
• How it Spreads
• Symptoms
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Case Study
• Module Five: Review Questions
Module Six: Pneumonia
• How it Spreads
• Symptoms
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Case Study
• Module Six: Review Questions
Module Seven: Sore Throat/ Strep Throat
• How it Spreads
• Symptoms
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Case Study
• Module Seven: Review Questions
Module Eight: Norovirus/ Viral Gastroenteritis
• How it Spreads
• Symptoms
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Case Study
• Module Eight: Review Questions
Module Nine: Keeping Office Clean
• Dusting
• HEPA Filters
• Disinfecting Surfaces
• Daily Trash Disposal
• Case Study
• Module Nine: Review Questions
Module Ten: Stay/ Go Home
• Offer Paid Sick Days
• Early Release With Pay
• Alternative Work Days
• Work From Home
• Case Study
• Module Ten: Review Questions
Module Eleven: Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
• Develop ERP
• Communicate ERP
• Evaluate ERP
• Revise ERP
• Case Study
• Module Eleven: Review Questions
Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
• Words from the Wise
• Lessons Learned