Hospital Employee Assault Rates Before and After Enactment of the California Hospital Safety and Security Act

Casteel, Carri; Peek‐Asa, Corinne; Nocera, Maryalice; Smith, Jamie; Blando, James D.; Goldmacher, Suzi; O'Hagan, Emily; Valiante, David; Harrison, Robert J.

doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.10.009

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“…The significantly lower percentage of mental health field employees with security measures present in the workplace was surprising and contradicted Casteel et al's finding: California emergency departments were less likely to have security measures compared to California psychiatric units [16] . This finding may be due in part to nearly 20% of the mental health field employees traveling to multiple locations during their workday compared to 11% of medical field employees, and possibly not considering the security measures of the places they visited when answering this question.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…The mental health field is commonly cited along with a few medical field specialty areas, such as the emergency department, as having the highest rate of victimization [16] . Bearing in mind the NCVS sample was drawn using a stratified, multistage cluster design, the WRS sample did not target higher risk areas such as the emergency department.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Blando et al, Casteel et al, and McPhaul et al found variation in healthcare facilities' ability to control access by locking doors, having visitors check-in upon arrival, and separating employee work stations from patient treatment areas reflecting an impracticality to rely exclusively on this as a protective measure [15][16][17] . Another measure for violence prevention is the use of security officers.…”

Section: Organizational and Personal Protective Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Past research has reported differences between selected groups (e.g., emergency and psychiatric department employees) in the rates of workplace violence. Casteel et al found a higher rate of victimization for employees working in California psychiatric units (2.31 per 100,000 employee hours per year) compared to employees working in California emergency departments (0.60 per 100,000 employee hours per year) [16] . Shiao, Tseng, Hsieh, Hou, Cheng, and Guo reported that the annual incidence of victimization while at work was significantly (p < .0001) higher for Taiwanese nurses working in psychiatric settings (182.9 per 100 full time equivalencies [FTE]) compared to medical settings (37.9 per 100 FTE) [22] .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Healthcare employees’ work-related victimization and use of preventive measures

Gillespie

Fisher

2014

JHA

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Work-related victimization affects 14.6 per 10,000 employees in the United States annually. Little is known about work-related victimization in healthcare or the preventive measures taken by employees and employers. A secondary analysis was conducted of the Workplace Risk Supplement (WRS) data from 4,213 healthcare employees. Mental health field employees reported a significantly higher percentage of being victimized while at work, worrying about victimization, having knowledge of rules or guidelines addressing workplace violence, and receiving education/ information on workplace violence compared to medical field respondents. Implications for hospital administrators based on study results are presented.

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confidence: 99%

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Healthcare employees’ work-related victimization and use of preventive measures

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Fisher

2014

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“…The plan has both a preventive and response intervention, which addresses the physical layout of the facility, staffing, availability of security personnel, employee education and training on WPV, and reporting of violent incidents. Casteel et al (2008) evaluated the effectiveness of the California WPV law finding that from 1996 to 2001 the rate of assaults in California EDs decreased from pretest to posttest periods and was significantly lower than rates in New Jersey where there is no WPV legislation [34] .…”

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Workplace violence: A call for action

Pekar

Gillespie

2013

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Workplace violence (WPV) is a serious threat to the nursing workforce. WPV results in decrease morale, job dissatisfaction, and increase nurse turnover and intentions to leave the profession. WPV has been associated with decrease in the quality of care rendered and could negatively affect patient safety. Given the direct and indirect financial consequences of WPV, it is critical that nursing leaders take actions to reduce WPV by establishing violence prevention programs. Nursing leaders should also reach out to the public, their professional health organization, and the scientific community to provide education and craft regulation to reduce this threat on the nursing workforce and change the perception that violence is part of the job.

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Factors associated with physical injury or police involvement during incidents of workplace violence in hospitals: Findings from the first year of California's new standard

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Hong

Harrison

et al. 2020

American J Industrial Med

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BackgroundWorkplace violence in healthcare settings is known to be a costly and often underreported problem. In California, hospitals are required to report incidents of violence towards workers to the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CalOSHA) using an online reporting system that went into effect in 2017.MethodsReports submitted to CalOSHA from July 2017 to September 2018 pursuant to this new requirement were analyzed using descriptive methods and logistic regression.ResultsFour hundred eight hospitals submitted reports using the new incident reporting system. Behavioral health units had 1.82 times the odds of the reported incident resulting in physical injury compared to inpatient medical units, and investor‐owned facilities had 2.43 times the odds of the reported incident resulting in physical injury compared to city or county‐owned facilities. Inpatient and behavioral health units had significantly reduced odds of a reported incident resulting in police involvement when compared to other locations within the hospital.ConclusionsThese findings indicate that protections for healthcare workers deserve ongoing attention from stakeholders and legislators and provide insight into how healthcare facilities report incidents of violence towards workers.

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Hospital Employee Assault Rates Before and After Enactment of the California Hospital Safety and Security Act

Cited by 32 publications

References 12 publications

Healthcare employees’ work-related victimization and use of preventive measures

Healthcare employees’ work-related victimization and use of preventive measures

Workplace violence: A call for action

Factors associated with physical injury or police involvement during incidents of workplace violence in hospitals: Findings from the first year of California's new standard

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