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Employee Health Screening, Staff Safety in the Home, and Workplace Violence Prevention

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.

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About this policy
Policy number
FL-HH-HR-05
Version
1.0
Main rule
29 U.S.C. §654(a)(1)
Library
Florida home health · 57 policies
Category
Human resources
Sections
21

In short

  • 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.

What's inside

21 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 (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

An inspector may ask

  • 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?

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