Frontline hospital workers and the worker safety/patient safety nexus

Details

• Personal Author:
  Braun B ; Chenven L ; Cloonan P ; Fagan K ; Hemphill RR ; Hogan E ; Sokas R ; Storey, Eileen
• Description:
  A day-long workshop was held in October 2012 to explore whether and how frontline health care workers affect patient safety and how they experience safety in their work settings. This report provides actions for hospitals to take in addressing the interrelated issues of patient safety and worker safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-care Health-care-personnel Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Work-environment Workers
• ISSN:
  1553-7250
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Illinois ; Maryland ; Michigan ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  185-192
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045452
• Citation:
  Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2013 Apr; 39(4):185-192
• Contact Point Address:
  Rosemary Sokas, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, Washington, DC
• Email:
  sokas@georgetown.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5dbd332f32c2b449db06fd3dfb4667450f1dbe0fd4d5fe86ae4cc0730f074ef7db2a2634d913f9c15900f8da7e83c035ccb86c9f9b591a5d9b4de66448bee92c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200869/cdc_200869_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 319.35 KB ]