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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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Want to show your commitment to health and safety—and save a bit of money? The Certificate of Recognition (COR) program is a voluntary WorkSafeBC program that recognizes and financially rewards employers that have proactively elevated their health and safety beyond the legal requirements.  Join us on October 24 for an overview of the COR program. […]
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In this webinar, we’ll explore the nature and profound impact of chronic pain in the workplace. We’ll also analyze factors contributing to chronic pain and share evidence-based, practical strategies specifically tailored for caregivers. We hope to empower caregivers with occupation-specific insights and equip them with tools to prevent, manage, or address chronic pain in their crucial roles.
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Custom made scratch off tickets given out to team members that are acting in a safe manner.
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Our Employee-created program “Ten Minutes to Relaxation” was the dream of one of our HCWs. Flordeliza wanted a program for staff that featured Exercise to keep fit and work safely with the residents and staff, an academic program, and a community-supportive idea to welcome all without judgement or bullying.
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SHAPEDOWN! A staff wellness initiative: participants agree to make 2 healthy changes to their diet and participate in a minimum of 3, 30 minute exercise sessions per week above their regular activity level.
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The Sailing for Safety program aims to increase participation in education and decrease work-related injuries to staff.
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We are creating safety posters for each department. These posters will have many safety fails in them, to be spotted by our staff. Each department will prepare their space with some safety issues that are frequently spotted in their areas. Staff will submit their entries for best poster, and point out the safety fails.
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These bright (very visible) vests allow team members to see and understand safety inspections happening around the workplace. In addition, the vests have also helped teach employees who have English as a second language, to understand the importance.
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The Provizio SEM Scanner, is a non-invasive device with rapid results that compares SEM measurements across an anatomical site and reports the difference between values at the inflamed vs. healthy tissue site.
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Compact cabinet that controls the onsite storage and distribution of medications (especially narcotics) and high-value supplies.
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In Health Care incivility among coworkers/different shifts/departments can cause workers a great deal of stress and hostility in the workplace. There is a culture in healthcare that is a ‘sink or swim’ mentality rather than a working together and helping each other out. I have worked in healthcare for 27 years as a care aide.
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