{"ref":"FL-HH-HR-05","title":"Employee Health Screening, Staff Safety in the Home, and Workplace Violence Prevention","category":"Human resources","summary":"Sets the Agency's own employee health screening standard (Florida home health rules require no tuberculosis test or health statement, but any health statement used must be truthful), immunization offers, fitness for duty, and the safety program for staff who work alone in patients' homes: visit risk assessment, check-in and check-out, safe travel, safe patient handling, animals and weapons, threats and violence, incident reporting, OSHA injury recording and reporting, and workers' compensation.","inShort":["Check in when you arrive and check out when you leave every home. If you do not check out, we will call you.","If you feel unsafe, do not go in, or leave right away. Call 911 if you are in danger, then call your supervisor. You will not be disciplined for leaving.","Use safe lifting methods and equipment, and ask for help rather than lift beyond what is safe.","Report every injury, threat, or unsafe home the same day on the Staff Safety Incident Report."],"primaryCitation":"29 U.S.C. §654(a)(1)","citations":["s. 400.474(3)(b), F.S.","s. 440.02(20)(b), F.S.","s. 440.185, F.S."],"federalCitations":["29 U.S.C. §654(a)(1)","29 U.S.C. §654(b)","29 CFR §1910.1030","29 CFR §1910.134","29 CFR Part 1904","29 CFR §1904.1","29 CFR §1904.29","29 CFR §1904.32","29 CFR §1904.33","29 CFR §1904.39"],"surveyorAsks":["What health screening do you require of staff who give direct care? Is it written down?","How do you know where a staff member is during a visit and that they left safely?"],"forms":[{"ref":"FL-HH-HR-05-A","title":"Staff Safety Incident Report"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (29 U.S.C. §654(a)(1))","5. Employee Health Screening (Agency Standard)","6. Fitness for Duty After Hire","7. Before a Visit: Risk Assessment","8. During Visits","9. Travel","10. Threats, Harassment, and Violence","11. Work Injuries: Reporting, Care, and Workers' Compensation","12. OSHA Records","13. Learning From Incidents","14. Responsibilities","15. Records and Compliance Monitoring","16. Staff Training","17. References","18. Related Policies and Forms","19. Approval","20. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"fl-hha","state":"Florida","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}