The greatest organizations are those that do more than just compliance, especially when implementing health and safety policies and programs.
In order to create a culture of safety in the organization, company leaders need to set the tone from the top and continually reinforce it to all employees.
Leadership Forum
CEOs take lead in workers' safety
May 2, 2012
Canadian Occupational Safety - Mari-len De Guzman
Executives from some of Canada's largest organizations gathered at the Partners in Prevention Conference this week to talk about best practices and the important role chief executives play in creating a culture of safety in the organization. Executives from Habitat for Humanity Canada, Trillium Health Centre, Siemens Canada and Sodexo Canada participated in the forum.
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Canadian HR Safety Reporter's Melissa Mancini reports from the Partners in Prevention Conference and Tradeshow:
New Healthy Workplaces Campaign: call to action for employers and workers to work together
April 23, 2012
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launches its new two-year Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Working together for risk prevention. EU workplaces are safer and healthier than they have ever been. But still every year there are 6.9 million workplace accidents and millions more work-related diseases. The human suffering of poor safety and health is immeasurable, but the economic cost is estimated at 490 billion euros a year - more than half the current cost of the EU's financial crisis bail-out fund. EU-OSHA's new campaign turns the spotlight on the importance of management leadership and worker participation in improving workplace safety and health.
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US Labor Department's OSHA announces new National Emphasis Program for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
April 12, 2012
U.S. Department of Labor - News Release
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new National Emphasis Program for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities to protect workers from serious safety and health hazards that are common in medical industries. OSHA develops national emphasis programs to focus outreach efforts and inspections on specific hazards in an industry for a three-year period. Through this NEP, OSHA will target nursing homes and residential care facilities in an effort to reduce occupational illnesses and injuries.
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Initiatives in 3 states show progress toward reducing C. difficile
March 22, 2012
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided the following Public Health Practice Stories from the Field about reducing Clostridium difficile infections.
(The information in Public Health Practice Stories from the Field was provided by organizations external to CDC. Provision of this information by CDC is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. government or CDC.)
Illinois hospitals collaborated [PDF-552KB] to reduce Clostridium difficile infections 15% to 26%; one strategy included engaging environmental service workers.
Massachusetts’ CDI Prevention Collaborative [PDF-547KB] reduced Clostridium difficile infections 25% by empowering frontline hospital staff on multidisciplinary teams.
New York’s Clostridium difficile Collaborative saves millions in hospital costs [PDF-676KB] using an evidence-based infection prevention bundle and standardized environmental cleaning protocols.
For more stories, visit www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/phpracticestories
