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Addressing Well-Being | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce
When physicians, nurses and health care professionals experience extended periods of stress and burnout, they often feel as though they are letting down their patients, their families, and their colleagues. Moreover, they feel more challenged to care not just for their patients, but also themselves.
Working in Health Care: Certified Health Care Physical Environment Worker Education & Exam Review
Protect patients, staff and visitors with your awareness of the construction challenges unique to a health care site.
Facility Safety and Security in Health Care Dec 7
Moderated by HAV advisory group member, Kurt Barwis, president and CEO of Bristol (Conn.) Health, representatives from The Joint Commission and the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety provide field intelligence, discuss proven security technologies and give an update on TJC’s workplace violence standards.
Managing Life Safety Program | November 2023
To improve your facility's life safety program, you need the knowledge and resources for a seamless implementation.
CDC reports increase in health worker harassment, poor mental health
The share of health workers who reported feeling threatened or harassed by patients or others at work more than doubled between 2018 and 2022 to 13.4%, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report based on national survey data.
Building a Safe Workplace and Community
In 2021, the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) Advisory Group developed the Building a Safe Workp
HazCom 2012: Frequently Asked Compliance Questions
On-Demand Educational Webinars
As deadlines approach for complying with OSHA's GHS-aligned Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), environmental health and safety (EH&S) professionals' questions are becoming tougher. To better prepare you, this session examines questions frequently asked by informed EH&S professionals regarding OSHA's adoption of GHS, the resulting changes to requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDSs), OSHA's HazCom 2012 phased-in compliance deadlines, chemical classification, SDS authoring, and other critical topics.
Managing Life Safety Program | PDC Summit 2024
To improve your facility's life safety program, you need the knowledge and resources for a seamless implementation.
Leapfrog Updates Hospital Safety Grade Methodology
Following a public comment period, the Leapfrog Group finalized updates to the scoring methodology used to calculate Hospital Safety Grades. New grades are expected in early November. See AHA's Member Advisory for more information.
AHA podcast: An FBI approach to violence prevention in health care
Karie Gibson, a licensed clinical psychologist who leads one of the FBI’s five behavioral analysis units, shares a behavioral threat assessment approach to violence prevention for hospitals and health care teams.