Safety
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Implement a staff safety pro-
gram that includes standard-
ized and consistent methods
for ensuring the accurate
reporting of injuries, and the
documenting and compiling of
all employee injuries and
near-misses. This program
should include:
• Coding all injuries correctly
for accurate tracking and
trending;
• making sure injury data is
department- and/or unit-specific;
• ensuring injury data is classified based on job title; and
• analyzing and reporting data to ensure action items have the
desired impact on decreasing both the frequency and severity
of employee injuries and an increase in staff satisfaction and
efficiency.
Don't make the mistake of thinking you've solved your injury
problem when injury rates decrease after a few months. When
rates spike again, it might be because your safety solutions
weren't fully implemented or weren't as effective as you initially
thought.
— Teresa Boynton, MS, OTR, CSPHP
SUSTAINED SUCCESS
Key Injury
Prevention Protocols
• RISKY BUSINESS Track injury data based on job titles and
base safety interventions on task-specific dangers.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
