An environmental health and safety program for an academic medical center involves managing complex and diverse safety issues. The ability to ensure that required activities are performed and documented as well as ready access to environmental health and safety data to internal stakeholders are a few of the benefits that implementing a centralized environmental health and safety database can provide. The Environmental Health & Safety Department at the University of Texas Medical Branch is organized into operational groups based upon specialty (biological safety, radiation safety, occupational safety, fire safety, and environmental protection management). Historically, the organization has followed a decentralized approach to data management, with each specialty keeping data in their own format and inaccessible to employees in other specialties. Beginning in 2014, the department began the implementation of a unified environmental health and safety database. This database allows for a standardized approach to data management and helps ensure that safety-related information such as chemical inventories, radiological equipment, and laboratory inspection data is available to all staff in the department. This case study provides an overview of key considerations and lessons learned for organizations considering implementing such a system.

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在大学医学中心实施基于网络的环境健康与安全管理数据库的经验教训

学术医学中心的环境健康与安全计划涉及管理复杂多样的安全问题。确保执行必需的活动并形成文档并向内部利益相关者提供对环境健康和安全数据的随时访问的能力，是实施集中式环境健康和安全数据库可以提供的一些好处。得克萨斯大学医学分校的环境健康与安全部门根据专业（生物安全，辐射安全，职业安全，消防安全和环境保护管理）分为运营小组。从历史上看，该组织一直采用分散管理的方法来管理数据，每个专业都以自己的格式保存数据，而其他专业的员工则无法访问。从2014年开始，该部门开始实施统一的环境健康与安全数据库。该数据库允许采用标准化方法进行数据管理，并有助于确保部门所有人员都可以使用与安全有关的信息，例如化学药品清单，放射设备和实验室检查数据。本案例研究概述了考虑实施此系统的组织的主要注意事项和经验教训。