A RISK ANALYSIS STUDY ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN A PUBLIC HOSPITALEVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS

The purpose of employee health and safety practices is to protect employees from occupational accidents and occupational diseases and to ensure that they work in a safe and healthy working environment. At the point we have reached today risk management and assessment is the most important element of the philosophy of the new approach to occupational health and safety. The aim of this study is to investigate the occupational risks and hazards to which Bursa Mudanya State Hospital (MSH) employees are exposed. To determine the hazards, to evaluate the identified risks and hazards in terms of occupational health and safety and health To emphasise the importance of risk analysis in ensuring employee health and safety in services.

L Matrix (5x5) Risk Analysis Method in 2020 and 2022 for this cross-sectional descriptive study data from the risk analysis conducted with the data. The data were analysed by converting them into frequency and percentage tables.

In the risk analyses carried out in 23 departments in 2020 and 19 departments in 2022, a total of 562 in 2020 and 562 in 2022In 2020, 500 hazards and related risks were identified and a risk map of the hospital was created. 267 (47.5%) in 2020low risk, 261 (46.4%) moderate risk, 17 (3%) significant risk and 17 (3%) high risk. 149 (29.8%) low risk in 2022risk, 305 (61%) medium risk, 33 (6.6%) significant risk and 13 (2.6%) high risk. Low risk compared to the previous year The number of high risk decreased by 118 and the number of high risk decreased by 3, while the number of medium risk increased by 44 and the number of significant risk increased by 16.

For a quality and safe health service, both health workers and patients and their relatives should be in a safe environment. In order to provide such an environment, risks that threaten safety must be eliminated or minimised. Hospitals can only reduce these risks by analysing them with an effective risk management approach and taking the necessary precautions. In the light of the data obtained in this study, the decrease in the number of general risks and high risks and the decrease in the number of medium risks and important risks compared to the previous year shows the effectiveness and importance of risk analysis in ensuring employee health and safety in health services.