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Workplace Violence
Aka: Workplace Violence, Violence in the Hospital, Emergency Department Violence
- See Also
- Active Shooter
- Definitions
- Workplace Violence
- Work site act or threat of physical Violence, harassment, intimidation or other disruptive behavior
- Example: Emergency Department
- Healthcare is second only to law enforcement as site of Workplace Violence
- 80% of ED workers report daily or weekly Violence
- 75% had to call police for at least one of these incidents
- Behaviors include spitting, biting, punching or attacking with an object
- Other behaviors include name calling, sexual harassment
- Emergency department factors
- Patients experience long wait times, in over crowded conditions and understaffed EDs
- EDs allow for unrestricted movement, often with inadequate security and policies
- Intoxicated, psychotic, delirious and demented patients are prone to Violence
- Resources
- Emergency Nursing Association
- https://www.ena.org/practice-resources/workplace-violence
- OSHA Preventing Violence in Healthcare
- https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3148.pdf
- References
- Mason and Forder-Baker in Herbert (2019) EM:Rap 19(1): 8-9
- Resources
- OSHA
- https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/
- Department of Labor
- https://www.dol.gov/oasam/hrc/policies/dol-workplace-violence-program.htm
- National Safety Council
- https://www.nsc.org/work-safety/safety-topics/workplace-violence