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This course introduces the concept of “consultative selling” whereby the customer is given the sense that he or she is always in control of the decision-making process.

This is the second of a two-part series of courses that discusses a wide range of issues related to workplace safety. In this second part, we’ll address procedures to report and investigate accidents and other emergencies; basic safety rules and standards your company should consider adopting; how to handle hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, safe electrical procedures, and process safety management.

In this first part of the series, we'll address the areas of responsibility for enforcing safety rules within your company; how to identify, analyze and control hazards within your facility; the types of inspections you should be conducting in your workplace; and the type of safety training your company should be offering to your employees.

This course discusses the potential causes of back injuries, and how to avoid them.

To identify ways to promote environmental safety in the health care setting. Every facility should be safe for their patients/residents and staff. This course will review some of the basic elements of environmental safety for long-term care facilities. Key points on the topics of fire safety, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, internal disaster preparedness, and water management are included. U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency responsible for oversight of employee safety. The guidelines in this course are based on OSHA regulations.

This course addresses the issues surrounding a home medical equipment company's warehouse. Of primary concern is the proper management of cleanliness, temperature and humidity, pests, security, inventory, equipment processing and employee safety.

This course provides information that can be used to establish assessment tools and care plans for patients who are at high risk for skin breakdown. This course was written by Mindy Owen, RN, CRRN, CCM, from information provided by MEDIQfst.

This course introduces the new home medical equipment staff member to lymphedema products (pumps and compression garments). Because of the multitude of brands of lymphedema products, this course will cover the products in the broadest generic terms. For specific information related to a particular brand of lymphedema products, please consult the vendors.

This course introduces the new home medical equipment staff member to breast pumps. Because of the number of breast pumps and accessories on the market, this course will cover breast pumps in the broadest generic terms. For specific information related to a particular brand of breast pump, please consult the manufacturers. 

This online course outlines the OSHA guidelines and requirements for using Safety Data Sheets and the responsibilities for employee safety.

This course addresses the importance of applying industrial hygiene principles, developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to make the workplace a safe environment for all employees.

This course discusses the use of home medical equipment (HME), the financial aspects of HME products and services and the regulatory agencies that govern the HME industry.

Essentially Women and VGM Education provide a bundle of courses that include education on the diseases and conditions post-mastectomy customers face, the organ systems typically affected, and home medical equipment used.

To help you understand where the home medical equipment (HME) customers are and some of the issues that are important to them.

For many years, health care and social service workers have faced a significant risk of job-related violence. Assaults represent a serious safety and health hazard within these industries. OSHA’s violence prevention guidelines provide the agency’s recommendations for reducing workplace violence. 

This course provides an overview of health care workers’ roles in preventing needlesticks and other sharp object injuries, and what to do if such an event occurs. The lesson also illustrates how to implement a sharps injury prevention program.

Health care personnel will increase their understanding of the safeguards used to protect themselves and others against the health hazards which can result from exposure to blood and certain body fluids containing bloodborne pathogens.

Whether you are working with a customer in a home medical equipment store or you are a health care provider working with a patient, this course provides you with an understanding of how to best help individuals with disabilities. 

This course will address Medicare coverage for several frequently ordered durable medical equipment products. This course will also explain the process of billing Medicare for capped rental items and inexpensive and routinely purchased items.

This course provides strategies to help you create efficiencies within your company, efficiencies that will prepare you for increased financial limitations.

One of the realities of working in health care is that patient deaths occur. Health care professionals are in a distinct position to provide end-of-life care to patients while also supporting their families during this time. Responsibilities of health care providers may include delivering personal care, offering support, and ensuring comfort for individuals under their care. Dying is a personal journey experienced uniquely by each individual. How people cope during this stage of life is largely influenced by their past experiences with death, as well as their cultural attitudes and beliefs. This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills needed to oversee and support the delivery of high-quality end-of-life care, while guiding teams in meeting the needs of patients, families, and caregivers.