Workplace Violence Prevention Resources Added to SEA 45

The Joint Commission has updated Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 45: Preventing Violence in the Health Care Setting with new resources:

• Workplace Violence Prevention Resources Portal
• Quick Safety Issue 4: Preparing for active shooter situations, July 2014
• Quick Safety Issue 5: Preventing violent and criminal events, August 2014

In related news, The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) has released multiple toolkits on how to assess workplace violence risks in healthcare settings. The toolkits also provide guidance and checklists on what to do if violence breaks out and how to protect staff. The toolkits cover five main areas:

• Staff-to-staff violence/harassment
• Physician- or third-party professional-to-staff violence/harassment
• Patient-to-staff violence
• Visitor/family-to-staff violence
• Stranger/nonemployee-to-staff violence