GMCS serves the region’s many academic teaching hospitals
and the medical community at large by providing comprehensive labor and
industry relation’s support. We are happy to provide the following recently released
OSHA safety resource for use in your facilities.
Did you know that a hospital is one of the most hazardous
places to work? In 2011, U.S. hospitals recorded 253,700 work-related injuries
and illnesses, a rate of 6.8 work-related injuries and illnesses for every 100
full-time employees. This is almost twice the rate for private industry as a
whole.
OSHA created a suite of resources to help hospitals assess
workplace safety needs, implement safety and health management systems, and
enhance their safe patient handling programs. Preventing worker injuries not
only helps workers—it also helps patients and will save resources for hospitals
OSHA’s recently released educational Web resource has extensive
materials to help hospitals prevent worker injuries, assess workplace safety
needs, enhance safe patient handling programs, and implement safety and health
management systems. OSHA’s suite of new resources can help other hospitals join
these industry leaders in providing superior protection for workers and the
very best in quality-of-care. At the
heart of these new materials are real life lessons from high-performing
hospitals who have implemented best practices to reduce workplace injuries
while also improving patient safety.
When hospitals commit to safe workplaces, everybody wins.
Download an informative industry safety analysis here…
Go to the new OSHA Hospital Educational Web resource here…
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