This thesis aims at investigating the importance of effective implementation of health safety and
hygiene legislations and practices in Health Care delivery systems. A new System Based
Approach for Strategic Implementation of Occupational Health & Safety Practices is proposed in
this thesis. The underlying principle of the approach is based on involvement and inputs from staff
and management rather than by pre-specified requirements and objectives. Furthermore, the
development process is a closed loop process that provides a mechanism for continuously
evaluating system performance and monitoring activities that have considerable impact on health
and safety practices. A case study was conducted in the medical laboratories of five major
hospitals in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Data were collected through questionnaires, staff
interviews, and reviewing laboratory safety reports compiled over a three years period. The main
conclusions from this study are:
1. The proposed approach has proven to be useful in analyzing existing health and safety
systems. The methodology and tools proved to be instrumental in defining inefficiencies and
determining the status of the Health & Safety policies & practices in the selected medical
laboratories.
2. Effective implementation of the proposed approach has shown improvements in
productivity, operational cost, service quality, staff and management satisfaction.
3. The case study has demonstrated that a developing country such the UAE, with no
previously existing Health & Safety legislation and little risk prevention culture, can rapidly and
effectively introduce effective industry specific H&S by adopting an integrated systems based
approach.
4. UAE has highly advanced and economically developing base, there is a general
willingness at senior level within the UAE to achieve high levels of competence and standards in
all industrial sectors.
5. CAP is a system based management tool which has been implemented globally, but only
limited in the gulf region; CAP has been implemented by the author and colleges within Zayed
Military Hospital between 2003-2007.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/4884 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Al Hassani, Mattar S.S. |
| Contributors | Dennis, John, Ali, Mohammed H. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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