Head of department: Elham Taherian
An Environmental Health expert is in charge of this unit.
The most important responsibilities of this unit:
- Determining health priorities and planning to improve the health status of the hospital environment
- Following up and monitoring the implementation of regulations, standards, circulars and notified instructions
- Participating in environmental health committees and controlling of hospital infections and following up of its approvals
- Continuous health visits and monitoring of all parts of the hospital
- Supervising the separation, collection, transportation and decontamination of hospital waste
- Hygienic control of water consumption in terms of quantity and quality and periodic microbial, chemical and chlorination tests based on existing instructions, standards and conditions
- Supervising the collection, purification and sanitary disposal of hospital wastewater
- Training and supervising on how to use detergents and disinfectants
- Planning and following up on improving the hospital environment
- Checking the technical and hygienic condition of the air conditioning system in the hospital (heating and cooling) and solving possible problems
- Planning to fight insects and rodents with the priority of improving the environment
- Continuous monitoring and controlling of the laundry in order to implement the health rules and regulations
- Necessary supervision and coordination in the food supply, cooking and distribution chain with the cooperation of a nutritionist to ensure the health of the food distributed in the hospital
- Following up on matters related to the health of employees (vaccination and obtaining health cards of service employees, kitchen, laundry) and ...
- Submitting reports of hospital health problems to the relevant authorities and pursuing the elimination of deficiencies
- Participating in the planning and implementation of training programs for staff, patients and trainees
- Collecting and analyzing of relevant statistical information