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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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WorkSafeBC’s healthcare and social services planned inspection initiative focuses on high-risk activities in the workplace that lead to serious injuries and time-loss claims.
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WorkSafeBC is releasing a discussion paper with proposed amendments to the Current Rehabilitation Services and Claims Manual that guide wage rate decisions related to short-term and long-term disability compensation. Recommended amendments include: These changes may affect your claims costs. Click here to view the proposed changes and offer feedback to WorkSafeBC – The deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, […]
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The SafeCare BC policy templates are intended to provide continuing care organizations with documents that can be readily and easily adapted to fit within their organization’s operational realities. The templates are intended to supplement and enhance organizations’ existing workplace health and safety policies, or to help establish policies where none currently exist.

The templates were developed and approved by SafeCare BC’s Technical Advisory Committee, which is comprised of Union, WorkSafeBC, and Employer Representatives.

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Workers in healthcare are at greater risk of exposure to infectious diseases, and preventive action is required for any infectious disease found in the workplace.
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Use this template to build your monthly budget.
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Use this template to build your monthly budget.
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Use this template to develop a bullying and harassment policy for your organization.
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This planning tool has been designed to guide Assisted Living residences through WorkSafeBC’s six-step process to reduce the risk of COVID-19.
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As a healthcare employer, you are required to have an exposure control plan for communicable diseases.
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Workers in healthcare are at greater risk of exposure to infectious diseases, and preventive action is required for any infectious disease found in the workplace.
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Download our easy-to-use template to create terms of reference for your Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.
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Consider using the following kindness card templates to print and distribute around your workplace. They can be used to introduce the idea that kindness is contagious, to let team members know how much their work is appreciated, and/or to wish team members a great day. The cards are designed to be printed in a business […]
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This policy statement should be reviewed and supported by the JOHS Committee and the union(s) and communicated to all workers before being finalized and signed by the most senior member of the organization.
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Use this template to create a personalized agenda for your next Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee meeting.
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Choose from template A or B for your Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee meeting minutes.
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Use the Point of Care Assessment template below to identify the risks in each of the four boxes that may have lead to the resident becoming responsive.
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Download and print your own Point of Care Assessment card. Share with your colleagues. We’ve made it easy with the Avery business card template.
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If your organization uses N95 respirators, staff will need to be fit-tested to use them safely. This means making sure the respirators have been tested to ensure a full seal before they are used so that the staff using them are properly protected.
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Musculoskeletal injuries related to resident handling are the number one cause of injury in long term care. Back strains alone account for 30% of all work-related injuries reported; other strains account for 44%.
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A Secondment Agreement is a formal arrangement between SafeCare BC, a Sponsoring Organization, and an employee of a Sponsoring Organization referred to as a Peer Facilitator.
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SafeCare BC’s violence prevention policy templates will supplement existing policies of continuing care providers across the province and guide the establishment of new ones where none currently exists.
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