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Brief Introduction of Environmental Health Department
The history and the development of Environmental Health are unique and complex in every country of the world. It is not possible to assign a specific date from which problems relating to environment started. However, the need to control and prevent the environment in the interest of public health has been evolving for long time.
In OAUTHC, Ile-Ife, the department of Environmental Health has been in existence almost close to the establishment of the Institution precisely in the year 1977.
Environmental Health Department is one of the clinical services departments in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife under supervision of the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee. The department provides preventive, public and environmental health control services that aimed at ensuring the prevention of nosocomial infections and promotion of healthy and safe environment. This is to enhance work efficiency and quick recovery of patients in the hospital.
The department has numbers of affiliations and collaborative efforts with other departments/committee such as Management standing committees in the institution like Hospital Hygiene Committee, Infectious Control Committee, Community Health, Nursing department, Security Unit, Civil and Maintenance department etc.
This department operates and implements Environmental Health Policies in all units of the Hospital:
However, in a bid to ensure comprehensive and efficient service delivery in the Hospital, the department has six operational units in core areas of Environmental Health services comprising of the following:
The office operates between the hours of 7:00am to 6:00pm on daily basis and 7:00am to 4:00pm on weekends including public holidays and as service needed.
VISION:
To create an excellent environmentally friendly hospital that promotes good health.
MISSION:
To Protect, Promote, and Maintain Healthy Environment that will Facilitate Patient’s Quick Recovery and Providing Enabling Environment for Hospital Community.
OBJECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN OAUTHC
Staffs of Environmental Health Department
LIST OF CLEANING SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT
The department is saddled with the responsibility to supervise the activities of the cleaning service providers in all the units of the Hospital. The under-listed are the cleaning service providers in the Hospital.
Decontamination/Disinfection of Hospital Premises
Rotary Kiln Medical Waste Incinerator
Refuse Lorry for transportation of Hospital waste.
Double Chamber Medical Waste Incinerator
Fulvac Emptier Truck for dislodging of filled-up Septic Tank
Container for Temporal Storage of Highly Infectious waste
Daily Disinfection of Door Handles and railings
Daily Disinfection of Walk ways and Surfaces
Motorized Sprayer for fumigation exercise
Electric Knapsack Sprayer for Disinfection
High Power Pump Sprayer for fumigation
Swing fog Sprayer for fumigation
Massive Disinfection of Hospital Premises
Oxidation pond for treatment of liquid waste
Horticulture garden for Nursery of ornamental flowers.