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Healthcare Safety Orientation (HLT-010) q
As a healthcare professional, you know that your patients continually rely on you for their health and safety – but what about your own? It can only take a minute of neglect on your part or that of a co-worker for you to become a patient yourself. This program addresses: slips, trips and falls; fire safety; bloodborne pathogens; PPE; hazard communication; handwashing/glove removal. (20 min., English) CTT
Spanish: Healthcare Safety Orientation - Spanish (HLT‑011S)

Safety Orientation for Ambulatory Care (HLT‑012) q
Healthcare workers encounter potentially hazardous situations every day. According to NIOSH, the health service industry reports more job-related injuries and illnesses than does any other hazardous industry. This fast-paced video program covers basic safety information while giving it a fun twist. Topics include: slips, trips and falls; back injuries; electrical hazards; fire; infections; chemical hazards. (19 min., English) CTT

Nursing Homes: Hazards and Solutions (HLT-009)
This video discusses various hazards in nursing homes, specifically focusing on resident transfer hazards and the use of patient assist devices. (16 min., 1998, English) OSHA

Accident Causes and Prevention (HLT-001)
A program for all health care employees, targeted at the cause of most accidents - unsafe acts. Explains how employees can reduce and eliminate accidents and injuries through safety awareness and attention to the job, job procedures and safety rules. (11 min., 1991, English) DBP

Assist-o-Kinetics (HLT-008)
Demonstrates a system by which patients are transferred between beds and gurneys in a safe manner in healthcare and long-term assisted living situations. Produced by Boise's VA Medical Center. (29 min., English) BVAMC

See also:

· AIDS, Hepatitis, and the Emergency Responder (BBP‑003)

· TB and Health Care Workers (3 tape set) (BBP‑012)

· Bloodborne Pathogens: What You Need to Know Training Kit (BBP‑022K)

· Bloodborne Pathogens for Ambulatory Care: A Sharper Image (BBP‑023)

· Bloodborne Pathogens in the Dental Environment (BBP‑024)

· Ergonomics: Safe Patient Transfer (ERG‑028)

· Evacuation of Health Care Facilities (FIR‑025)

· Fire Safety for Ambulatory Care (FIR‑035)

· Hazard Communication: Right to Know Nursing (HZC‑008)

· Hazard Communication: It’s a Two-Edged Sword (HZC‑033K)

· Managing Healthcare Stress (OCH‑036)

· Healthcare PPE (PPE‑034)

· Combative Residents: Mirror Their Reality (VIO‑001)

· Healthcare Violence: Be Part of the Cure (VIO‑002)

· Home Healthcare Violence: Be Smart, Be Safe (VIO‑003)

National Emphasis Program on Nursing Homes

Nursing and Personal Care Facilities have one of the highest rates of injury and illness among industries for which nationwide lost workday injury and illness (LWDII) rates were calculated for Calendar Year 2000. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2000, nursing and personal care facilities (employers within SIC codes 8051, 8052, and 8059) experienced an average LWDII rate of 7.9, despite the availability of feasible controls which have been identified to address hazards within this industry. This is more than double the LWDII rate of 3.0 for private industry as a whole.

For these reasons, OSHA has focused a national emphasis on nursing homes in 2003. For more information about the National Emphasis Program, go here.

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