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Workplace Violence Prevention and Staff Safety in the Home

The Agency's Workplace Violence Prevention Plan under Cal/OSHA's violence prevention in health care standard, which applies to home-based hospice: who runs it, employee involvement, assessing risks at intake, the first visit and later visits when conditions change, patient-specific risk factors, correcting hazards, safe home visit practices, getting help from law enforcement without retaliation, post-incident response, the violent incident log, annual review, training and records.

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About this policy
Policy number
CA-HSP-SAF-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
8 CCR §3342
Library
California hospice · 60 policies
Category
Service delivery
Sections
23

In short

  • Report any threat, violence or safety worry in a home to your supervisor as soon as you are safe.
  • Watch for weapons, drug or alcohol use, or hostile people at every visit, and report changes the same day.
  • If you feel unsafe, leave right away and call 911 if there is danger. You will never be punished for leaving or for calling for help.
  • Check in and out when you visit a home flagged as high risk.
  • Take workplace violence training every year and ask questions.

What's inside

23 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (8 CCR §3342)
  • 5. Responsibility and Employee Involvement
  • 6. Identifying and Evaluating Risks
  • 7. Correcting Hazards
  • 8. Safe Home Visit Practices
  • 9. Getting Help From Law Enforcement
  • 10. Reporting and Communication
  • 11. After an Incident
  • 12. Violent Incident Log
  • 13. Annual Review
  • 14. Serious Injuries and Other Reports
  • 15. Training
  • 16. Responsibilities
  • 17. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 18. Staff Training
  • 19. References
  • 20. Related Policies and Forms
  • 21. Approval
  • 22. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me your Workplace Violence Prevention Plan and who is responsible for it.
  • How do you identify risks such as weapons, substance use or uncooperative people in the home before and during visits?

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