Nonfatal Violence Involving Days Away from Work Following California’s 2017 Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care Safety Standard

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• Personal Author:
  Bulzacchelli MT ; Crifasi CK ; Dal Santo BC ; Doucette ML ; Surber SJ
• Description:
  Objectives. To examine the impact of the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (Cal/OSHA's) 2017 workplace violence (WPV) prevention in health care safety standard on nonfatal violent injuries among health care workers (HCWs). Methods. We accessed estimated counts of WPV from the survey of occupational injuries and illness from 2011 to 2019 specific to HCWs. We used the Current Population Survey estimates of HCWs to create rates per 10 000. We conducted a longitudinal panel analysis and a comparative interrupted time-series analysis to examine the change in incidence and in rates associated with California's new standard. Results. Adoption of the 2017 safety standard led to an additional 3.48 reported WPV injuries per 10 000 HCWs in California, or an additional 473 injuries. Sensitivity analyses suggest other injuries did not change in the same period. Conclusions. It appears that the Cal/OSHA standard increased reporting of WPV injuries among HCWs in the first year of its adoption compared with the United States. Mandating reporting of all WPV incidents in the health care setting may be a means to ensure a more complete understanding of this public health problem. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Care Workers Injuries Longitudinal Study Lost Work Days Worker Safety Workplace Violence
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  112
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066910
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2022 Nov; 112(11):1668-1675
• Contact Point Address:
  Mitchell Doucette, Assistant Scientist, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Hampton House, Room 554, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
• Email:
  mdoucet3@jhu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:da94beefb134c61e9aeaedda655c5fa1e5fd74449aa88c67d39fbba5d527d769db5296f414c235f9d877e53a04aa738d4378dcda03c8fc75f7162bfcde27d0e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231203/cdc_231203_DS1.pdf
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