By Carla Wilson The Vancouver Island Health Authority has been fined $97,500 by WorkSafeBC – the province’s workers’ compensation board – because of three incidents of violence by patients against staff. It was the fourth-highest penalty WorkSafeBC issued last year. One psychiatric patient in Victoria was involved in two of the cases, while another psychiatric …
Category Archive: Healthcare violence
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Feb 27 2012
Free Webinar: Active Shooter Incidents & Hospitals
When: March 8, 2012 – 1PM ET In this seminar, presented by Lisa Pryse, CHPA, CPP, president-elect of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS), we’ll address best practices for prevention and response to active shooter incidents in hospital environments. Using guidelines developed by the IAHSS and the Joint Commission (JCAHO), this one-hour …
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Feb 24 2012
Aggression In Hospitals – New Approach
By Grace Rattue, MedicalNewsToday A study published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that a formal aggression management system can help control aggression and violence in hospitals. The Medical Journal of Australia is a publication of the Australian Medical Association. According to Dr. Sandy Hopper, an emergency physician at …
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Feb 15 2012
WA: State Senate Toughens Treatment Of Violence In Mental Hospitals
By John Ryan, KUOW Hundreds of employees at Western State Hospital in Lakewood are assaulted by their patients each year. Kate Severson is one of the Western employees KUOW interviewed last year for our series on workplace safety. Severson: “If a patient spits on a police officer in jail, or out there, that’s a fourth–degree …
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