Environmental Health Manager

Environmental Health at the WHO & GCC Center for Infection Control

CURRICULUM VITAE

Mohamed Nimer Al Dhaher

Surname : Al Dhaher

Middle Name : Nimer

Forename : Mohammad

Date of Birth : 14 January 1972

Nationality : New immigrant to Canada: Jordanian

Marital Status : Married, Three children

Languages : Arabic- Native

English-Fluent

Contact No : Mobile – 009**-*********

Office- 009**-*-***-**** – 43721

Pager: 4811

Address : WHO & GCC Center for Infection Control

King AbdulAziz Medical City – National Guard Health Affairs

P.O. Box# 22490 Riyadh 11426

Dana Homes Compound– Villa 7-09

E-mail : *******@****.***.**

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STUDIES

The year of 1994, Bachelor Degree in: -

• Major :Earth and Environmental Sciences – Yarmouk University (Jordan)

• Minor : Environmental Sciences- Yarmouk University (Jordan)

January 2008: -

Certified Instructor Advanced HAZMAT Patient life Support Course, University of Arizona

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

• Seeking to utilize 13+ years experience in Quality, Environmental Auditing, Industrial hygiene, this can be in an international organization especially in United Nations, or health regional firm, Leading oil and gas company.

International Certifications and Accreditations

Ser Certification type Standard Institute Date of certification

1 OSHA Certification OSHA health & safety course OSHA THROUGH ITC 26.12.2010

2 Fundamentals of Disaster Management - Disaster management - Society of Critical Care Medicine USA.

- FCCS USA

- FDM USA 19.05.2011

3 Certified Lead Auditor - ISO 22000:2007 HACCP Food Safety Management Systems Integrated Training Center April 2010

4 Certified Lead Auditor - OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems)

Bureau Veritas Certification (BVQI) October 2009

5 Certified Instructor - AHLS Course (Advanced HAZMAT Patient Life Support) University of Arizona January 2008

6 Certified Lead Auditor - ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management Systems) Bureau Veritas Certification (BVQI) MAY 2006

7 Certified to certify Biological & Chemicals Hoods and Safety cabinets

- ENVAIRE UK November 2006 Certified to certify Biological & Chemicals Hoods and Safety cabinets

Health & Safety Training:

Ser Course Name Training Institute Date

1 Risk Assessment and Analysis Integrated Training Center May 22-26,2010

2 Emergency Response Management Integrated Training Center September 18-22,2010

3 Ergonomics Integrated Training Center October 16-18,2010

4 Workshop on Environmental Radiation Monitoring Techniques The visiting Instructor was Prof. Dr. Samir Abdulaziz head of Arab nuclear agency – at Riyadh Intercontinental-KSA 12 January 2008

5 Train the Trainers “3 STEPS EMERGINCIES MANAGEMENT” Tawam Hospital – UAE 02.05.2005

Computer Training:

Ser Application Trainer Date

1 Environmental sampling and Data logging applications NGHA 2005-2006

2 - Microsoft PowerPoint*

- Microsoft Visio 2003 Part 1&2 IATC –UAE 08.06.2005

3 Comprehensive Computer course: MS Word, Excel, Ms Doss, Internet, and Power Point, Access.

Al Fareed Center – Jordan 25.07.1997 to 02.11.1997

Power Point (Level: excellent) with outstanding performance certificate

Training on Customer services

Ser Course Name Training Institute Date

1 WE CARE Course Tawam Hospital – UAE 2003

2 Dealing with Customer Complaints Course Hilton Al Ain – UAE 05.04.1997

3 Telephone Manners Course Hilton Al Ain – UAE 1997

4 Advance course in English Conversation /40 Contact Hours.

University of Jordan – Amman, Jordan 10.09.1994 to 05.10.1994

Achievements

- Participated as a key person in JCIA accreditation for many hospitals in the region.

- Helped the Pathology and Laboratory Dept in NGHA to get accredited by CAP (College of American Pathologists)

- Introduced the medical environmental concept for the first time in the Region.

- Established the first MSDS & Occupational Health online Database in the region.

- Started the first recycling program in health Care organization in UAE.

- Reduced the medical waste in Tawam Hospital to the half.

- Solved the pest control problem in Tawam Hospital.

- Business Development between National Guard Health Affairs and other hospitals to use our environmental services through signing contracts with them

- Authored the Environmental Health & Occupational Safety Manual for the GCC Center that can be generalized on all Gulf region in later on phase.

- Authored a policy, and introduced for first time the Environmental Impact Assessment guidelines for health care organizations.

- Introduced and legislated the Environmental preferable Purchase in my hospital in UAE, and Saudi Arabia.

- Authored and Environmental Statement for Tawam Hospital in the year 2005.

Awards and Appreciation letters in United Arab Emirates

Ser Award Organization Given by Reason

1 Cross Pen

In addition to other gifts Tawam Hospital – UAE CEO Appreciation when I was leaving

2 Appreciation Desk Stand Tawam Hospital – UAE Tawam Hospital Management For my role in JCIA Accreditation

3 Appreciation Letter Tawam Hospital – UAE CEO my participation in JCIA awareness campaign

4 Appreciation Letter Tawam Hospital – UAE CEO For my role in successful first national joined evacuation drill with chemical warfare - UAE Army

5 Certificate of Appreciation Tawam Hospital – UAE Safety Committee

6 Appreciation Letter Tawam Hospital – UAE Chairman Safety Committee – Tawam Hospital

Awards and Appreciation letters in Saudi Arabia

Ser Award Organization Given by Reason

1 Financial award King Abdulaziz Medical City – National Guard KAMC KAMC Management My role as a Key member in the executive JCIA committee.

2 Certificate of Appreciation King Abdulaziz Medical City – National Guard KAMC CEO For my role as a key member in JCIA Accreditation process

3 Appreciation letter King Abdulaziz Medical City – National Guard KAMC JCIA Project leader (the Executive Medical Director) for my contribution to both accreditation process in 2006, and the year 2009

Appreciation memo King Abdulaziz Medical City – National Guard KAMC Executive Director Logistics and Contracts department Outstanding training skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Acting director Environmental Health & Occupational Health & Safety

From Nov. 2005 till November 2010:

GCC (Arabian Gulf Countries Council) & WHO (World Health Organization) Collaborating Center of Infection Control – Environmental Health & Occupational Safety section, Located at King Abdulaziz Medical city – king Fahad Hospital for National Guard: I Work as the only Medical Environmentalist in the region, in the position of Acting Director Environmental Health & Occupational Safety who was assigned to achieve the followings:.

1- Legislations

Updating the Environmental Health Manual for NGHA Hospitals

I was assigned to study the new GCC law that regulates the Medical waste, I have submitted a report about how it can be implemented in NGHA hospitals, and I drafted memos to the concerned Departments.

Edited many policies and Procedures some of them can be found in NGHA network such as:

- Infectious waste management

- Environmental Preferable Purchasing

- Environmental Impact Assessment in Health Care Organizations

2 - Business Development: I have participated in developing the business between our hospitals and other private hospital in regard of marketing our environmental services such as water sampling and analysis for dialysis patients, we have signed contract with Riyadh Care Hospital

3- Air Quality

Started the air quality program, so we started the sampling program for the following :

3.1 Biological air Sampling:

Following CDC Guidelines in sampling immunocompromised patients’ areas after constructions, and before releasing the ward for patients’ occupancy, we are targeting fungi such as fumigatus aspergillus.

3.2 Toxic chemicals, and pollutants

NO, NO2 in NICU wards, guaranteeing the PEL under 1ppm

Xylene in Histology Department, Guaranteeing the PEL under 100 ppm.

Sampling most of the VOC with VX500 Photo Ionization detector.

Sampling most of toxic gas that are potential in Medical Field such as, CO, CO2, NH3, and many others using ITX gas samplers.

Silica in dental lab, which can cause silicosis disease.

Sampling Carpet

4- Auditing

Started auditing in the Lab using the OSHA based Checklist, in addition to CAP documents as a reference for standards.

5- HAZMAT

Started educating the Lab staff on Chemical Hygiene Plan, More than 380 Lab Staff been trained on CHP elements including the followings:

• Chemical Fume hoods: Specifications, certification, work practices

• Chemicals Compatibility: MSDS, and reactivity.

• PPE program:

- Respiratory Program: Selection, use, Maintenance, storage

- Gloves: Latex, alternatives, selection of the chemical resistance gloves.

- Labeling requirement: I was the NGHA Chairman of Environmental Hazard Signage Committee that worked on unifying the hazard signage for National Guard Hospitals in order to reach to unifying the signage standard in all Gulf Region.

• Occupational Medical Consultation: Rights, Responsibilities, introducing the availability of Occupational health physicians in our center.

6- Water Quality

Editing the water quality policy and procedure in NGHA.

Water sampling: Free chlorine, microbial, toxins especially for Dialysis water plant.

Consultant for other hospitals in water contamination issues especially in Dialysis treatment systems.

Using the departmental MILPOR lab for total and fecal coliforms in potable and recreational water.

Investigating, and ordering corrective actions when lab results are not satisfactory.

7- Occupational health activities:

7.1 Lighting measurement: in offices and other areas using lighting meters (Metrosonic), I have solved many health problems to employees suffered form bad impact on their vision.

7.2 Thermal comfort using Heat stress monitors in CSSD, Laundry.

7.3 Noise level: Conducting noise level studies and including overexposed staff in the hearing conservation program.

7.4. Asbestos management: survey, risk assessment, notification, controls, I have established the Asbestos Containing Material Management plan in NGHA.

7.5- Silica management in Dental lab.

7.6 initiated the need of having ergonomics specialist in our department, the idea was approved initially, and we cooperate as a section with Physiotherapy Dept. in this issue.

8- Community HSE:

Covering all the NGHA facilities in the kingdom including the officers housing in Riyadh that has 26 schools, PHC centers, restaurants, market, and around 40000 residents.

Covering the staff accommodation and out side compounds that accommodate ten thousands employees and their dependents, we cover the following using our environmental technicians and health inspectors:

- water sampling

- food inspection

- Monthly reporting the hygienic conditions.

9- Food Safety

Food Preparation and serving area, inspection according HACCP principles

Training the contractors’ staff

Issuing monthly report on each facility for the business center in NGHA.

Investigating food poising cases, corrective actions, work with Public Health and field Epidemiology section in our department and MOH if there are more than 3 cases reported.

10- Training activities

Infection Control: Precautions of Air Born Disease, OSHA Standards.

Chemical hygiene plan: Started educating the Lab staff on Chemical Hygiene Plan, More than 380 Lab Staff been trained on CHP elements.

Silicosis: Lecturing about Silicosis targeting dental lab staff

Ergonomics

Compressed gas cylinders safety for Logistics and maintenance staff

“Mercury amalgam filings” for dental residents

PPE:

MSDS:

CSSD occupational hazard, chemical safety

Hazardous communication program

Solid Waste management, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Environmental Preferable Purchasing EPP.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

July 1998 till Nov. 2005 as:

1- Environmental Health and Services Officer – Tawam Hospital – Al Ain- UAE.

2- Acting Preventive Medicine Manager

Work Duties

• Leading a group of experts: - Environmental Health staff, Services staff including Hospital Staff and around 500 contractor staff.

• Key personnel in the committees (Safety & Infection Control) who work to get Tawam Hospital accredited by JCIA.

• Key person in the Hospital Evacuation Plan, I was assigned as an Observer for the first drill from its kind in the country, my part was to coordinate with the chemical warfare Dept. when they practiced mock evacuation for patients contaminated with hazardous chemicals, and when they transferred hazardous material from the Hospital,.

• I was assigned to look for the situation of the signs, fire exit doors, I led the team who corrected all the deficiencies and addressed the observation to the chairman of the Safety committee.

• Risk Assessment: member in Risk Management Committee.

• In-service Education: - Training, Lecturing, new staff orientation.

• Community Education: Participating in out side lectures, stands method of education inside the Hospital, using all available Educational tools.

• Auditing, I have conducted 4 audits about Hazardous Wastes, Medical Wastes Rules & Regulations awareness, Medical Environmental practices, Medical Wastes Reduction.

• Waste Classification; Rules and Exclusions, I established a committee to up date and exclude materials from the Waste management rules every year.

• Pollution Control: - Mercury cases Training, Xylene, Formaldehyde’s disposal or reusing issues,

• Hazardous waste regulations and monitoring the compliance with international standards. (Issuing non-compliances reports).

• Waste Management (Medical waste, Household waste): Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling).

• Ambient Air Quality: - sampling, analysis, uses the available technology and resources to improve the air quality.

• Water Quality, in Dialysis, and water sampling for the accommodation, poolside.

• Infection Control: an active Member in Infection Control Committee; I established a sub committee in regard of Tawam Hospital Staff Awareness of Medical Waste Rules Exclusions in order to reduce the volume of the medical waste.

• Establishing and improving the Recycling Program: - I have started Paper, Plastic, Aluminum Cans recycling program, it is the biggest in UAE’s Hospitals. In addition, hospital does silver Recycling for Film Developers.

• Perform Public Health Inspection activities, health education, and advice to public and other organizations on environmental health matters as required.

• I support private schools to be environmental friendly schools; I take them as a study sample for my dream research about teaching Environment in the schools.

• Public Health Protection to prevent the occurrence of reportable disease and the exposure to environmental health hazards within the Health Unit, by indicating the hazard sources and the storage specifications, and disposal matters, like the case of improper storage and disposal of Xylene, which I corrected and helped the authorities to take the right decision and building a disposal facility for hazardous waste rather than Regulated Medical wastes.

• Saving the natural resources like water and electricity by using the available technology and Education.

• Analysis, Studies (I have two studies in medical waste management).

• I have authored the Environmental Manual for the Hospital, including all the related Policies & Procedures.

• I have a report about updating law#4, which regulated the Medical waste in The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Law #24; the Federal one.

• I have changed the wrong practices in Abu Dhabi Emirate regarding Disposal of body parts, this happened when I submitted a report about including the body parts in the law, and I suggested to the Authority and the Ministry of interior to coordinate with the Hospitals in order to burry the parts according the Religion of the patient, and this started to happen, and the mortuary started to be more organized place.

• Head of three units: Environmental Health (Preventive Medicine), Housekeeping & Pest Control.

Services officer duties: -

• Developing computerized work force monitoring systems.

• Directing the Housekeeping and Pest Control contractors, including training the new senior staff on how to train the staff on the international Safe Housekeeping methods including how to clean Isolation Rooms.

• Directing Environmental Health Department including Incinerator issues, Water sampling, Pest Control For Staff Accommodation and hospital out side area

• Day-to-day housekeeping, Pest Control and Environmental Health operations.

• I have authored the Environmental Housekeeping Manual for the Hospital, including all the related Policies & Procedures.

• Follow up the urgent matters with the Services contractor.

• Coordinating with the Infection Control Department, Preventive Medicine Department, and Engineering Department for the waste segregation and disposal matters.

February 96- July 98

- Front Desk Receptionist- Al Ain Hilton- UAE

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Membership:

Member in the following committees in and out of Tawam Hospital:

International

MEQMP

Jordanian Geologists Association

UAE

JCIA Committees including: - Joint Commission’s Infection Control, and Facility Safety Sub Committees.

Medical Executive Committee

Patient Satisfaction Committee

Infection Control Committee

Quality Management Committee

Saudi Arabia – GCC Center

Riyadh City Air quality study Executive Committee (4 Millions Saudi Riyal one year study with SHAW- USA) assigned to study the relation between air pollutants and specific diseases, the study will go on for another phase.

Key member in JCIA Executive Committee

Chairman of Environmental Hazard Signage Committee (GCC Center –NGHA)

Chairman of MSDS taskforce (CR- NGHA)

Chairman of ER Surrounding improvement Committee (GCC Center

Lab Safety Committee (GCC Center –NGHA)

Lab Quality Improvement Committee (GCC Center –NGHA)

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Medical Imaging Dept. Quality Improvement committee

Hospital Appearance Committee (GCC Center –NGHA)

JCIA – Infection Control Committee.

Conferences

International

- Speaker in the International Environmental Health Conference in Abu Dhabi, March 2009.

- My abstract was accepted to speak in SCHEMA USA hosted by Harvard University’s Conference about Environmental Health.

- My Abstract was accepted to speak in WORKAIR conference in Finland.

UAE

Attended last eight Environmental Conferences in, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai – United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia:

- 18 November 2006, I spoke to the First Environmental Quality Activities symposium in Riyadh City, organized by MOH – Preventive Medicine Administration, I talked about Air Quality in Health Care Organizations.

- International Conference on Avian Influenza, which was organized by our Department from 21-22 November 2005.

- 19th –20th January 2008, the 2nd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.

- January 2010, speaker in the National Infection Control Course, CDC were involved in preparation and they sent their speakers.

Studies and Publications

• Authored the Environmental Health Manual for National Guard Health Affairs – Saudi Arabia.

• I have prepared many Audits about Hazardous Wastes, Medical Wastes Rules & Regulations awareness, Medical Environmental practices, Medical Wastes Reduction.

• Two Studies by the name of:

- Waste Management Audit report & the Proposal of Waste Reduction, Environmental Protection & Waste Management Program. (32 Page)

- Medical Waste Reduction. (16 pages).

• Seeking UN Support in preparing Medical Environmental Manual for Health Institutes.

• I established Tawam Hospital Environmental Principles, signed by senior management team including Hospital Director.

• Environmental Care Manual including around 40 PPG’s

• Unified System for GCC Countries for the hazardous Medical Waste, report on implementations in NGHA.

Other Qualifications:

- Holding a valid UAE, Saudi, Jordanian, and International Driving Licenses.

- Field Geology.

- Hydrological Applications.

- Geophysics Applications.

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