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Drug diversion and workplace violence prevention methods for your facility
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Newsletter Articles | Reduce your workplace violence with initiatives from VCU Health | Healthcare organizations carry a heavy workplace violence burden, with about three-quarters of U.S. workplace assaults occurring in healthcare settings, according to OSHA. Workplace violence is especially prevalent in emergency departments—78% of emergency physicians have reported being targets of workplace violence in the prior 12 months. |
When in crisis mode, let everyone follow the data | As I write this at the end of March, I am confronted with a world turned upside down. Yet this unprecedented event has also taught me a valuable lesson. While I always believed data to be a valuable tool to guide science and decision-making, I never realized how important a role it plays during a crisis. |
HHS’ OIG outlines strategies used by hospitals in the COVID-19 trenches | This appendix, reprinted from “Hospital Experiences Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a National Pulse Survey March 23–27, 2020” by the HHS Office of Inspector General, was released April 6 and provides a snapshot of challenges for hospitals dealing with a surge of infectious patients. |
OIG report outlines hospital strategies for meeting EM prep challenges | If you are still preparing for a major onslaught of suspected COVID-19 patients or expect another in the fall, review your plans against the strategies hospitals already have employed to deal with supply and personnel challenges, as outlined in an HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released April 6. |
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