It developed standards for clinics in educational and academic facilities
Dubai Health requires schools to appoint an employee to monitor health procedures
During a workshop organized by "Dubai Health", which included 400 medical and administrative staff. From the source
The Dubai Health Authority stated that it has finally developed standards for school clinics in schools and academic facilities, and has required schools to appoint a health and safety officer, whose task is to follow up and monitor compliance with health procedures, and to train students and school personnel on them.
The authority clarified, during a workshop it carried out last week, that included 400 medical and administrative staff, that the development process also included licensing procedures and general specifications for designs of health clinics in educational and academic facilities, including requirements for isolation rooms for infectious diseases, health professionals and administrative responsibility. And safety and infection control requirements, and approved vaccination schedules.
She emphasized that this step comes within the authority's strategy, aimed at making Dubai a leading destination for health care provided to the community, as the Department of Health Policies and Standards in the Health Regulation Sector, in cooperation with the School Health Department in the Public Health Protection Department at the Authority, developed standards for clinics in educational and academic facilities. Taking into consideration dealing with the health challenges of the "Covid-19" pandemic, and the precautionary and preventive measures that must be followed towards infectious diseases in general, and emphasizing the safety and quality of health care provided in these facilities, in a way that positively affects the lifestyles and educational performance of students, and achieving Achievements and expected positive health outcomes, in the long term.
For her part, the Director of the Health Policies and Standards Department at the Authority, Dr. Hanan Obaid, explained that, in conjunction with the developments resulting from the "Covid-19" pandemic, in order to preserve the safety of students and the teaching staff in educational and academic facilities, and to protect them from exposure to pathogens, the development of These standards, to include some of the health procedures and requirements necessary for the reopening of schools, which require educational and academic facilities to provide an isolation room separate from the school clinic, and to establish procedures for dealing with suspected or confirmed cases of the emerging "Covid-19" virus, in addition to special arrangements for how Transfer of suspected cases.
And she continued: "The procedures included the necessity to emphasize the importance of appointing a health and safety employee, according to the scope of the services provided, and includes following-up and monitoring the application of health and safety measures, and holding the necessary precautionary training for students and school personnel."