Workplace Safety

Session two of this two-part webinar on workplace violence hosted by Mountain Pacific Quality Health covers appropriate responses for staff in highly emotional interactions and examines debriefing steps after such encounters.

This guide from the Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Council offers step-by-step assistance to health care facilities in the planning, response and recovery of an active shooter event.

This free, interactive course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is designed to help health care workers better understand the scope and nature of violence in the workplace. Upon successful completion of the course, health care professionals can earn continuing education units.

This document provides a list of references to websites and other publicly available resources that hospitals can use to improve workplace safety for providers and staff.

The Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS®) Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for hospitals was designed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for use with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organization's culture supports workplace safety for providers and staff.

This guide from the Tennessee Hospital Association provides recommendations, tools and case examples to aid hospitals in the development of a comprehensive workplace violence prevention program.

This infographic developed by The Joint Commission highlights statistics about violence toward health care workers.

This checklist from The Joint Commission provides data-driven interventions for hospitals to consider in developing workplace violence prevention programs.

The purpose of this "Quick Safety" article is to present some de-escalation models and interventions for managing aggressive and agitated patients in the Emergency Department and inpatient settings.

This article from The Joint Commission highlights 2022 revisions to Joint Commission standards providing a framework to guide hospitals in developing effective workplace violence prevention systems.

The purpose of this gap analysis from the Minnesota Department of Health is to help health care facilities implement best practices in order to prevent violence from patients to staff.

This publication from the U.S. Department of Labor provides a general overview of worker rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).

This tool from the American Society for Health Care Risk Management compiles guiding principles for preventing workplace violence from several leading organizations into a readiness survey for health care facilities.

Session one of this workplace violence webinar hosted by Mountain Pacific Quality Health discusses precursors to agitation and aggression, and how to deescalate a situation before it becomes violent.

The American Hospital Association's Hospitals Against Violence framework helps guide hospital and health system leadership to address the issues of violence in their workplaces, with an emphasis on educating and protecting the workforce.