Implementation of a Scheduled Toileting Program in a Long Term Care Facility: Evaluating the Impact on Injury Risk to Caregiving Staff

Engst, Chris; Chhokar, Rahul; Robinson, Dan; Earthy, Ann; Tate, Robert B.; Yassi, Annalee

doi:10.1177/216507990405201005

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“…Another project assessed a scheduled toileting program for its impact on clinical outcomes for residents, and reducing the risk of injury to care providers (Engst et al 2004). A 75-bed unit in a long-term care facility participated in the program, with another unit in the same hospital acting as the control group.…”

Section: Scheduled Toileting Program In Long-term Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Patient Safety - Worker Safety: Building a Culture of Safety to Improve Healthcare Worker and Patient Well-Being

Yassi¹,

Hancock²

2005

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Patient safety within the Canadian healthcare system is currently a high national priority, which merits a comprehensive understanding of the underlying causes of adverse events. Not least among these is worker health and safety, which is linked to patient outcomes. Healthcare workers have a high risk of workplace injuries and more mental health problems than most other occupational groups. Many healthcare professionals feel fatigued, stressed, in pain, or at risk of illness or injury-factors they feel impede their ability to provide consistent quality care. With this background, the Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in British Columbia, jointly governed by healthcare unions and healthcare employers, launched several major initiatives to improve the healthcare workplace. These included the promotion of safe patient handling, adaptive clothing, scheduled toileting, stroke management training, measures to improve management of aggressive behaviour and, of course, infection control-all intended to improve the safety of workers, but also to improve patient safety and quality of care. Other projects also explicitly promoting physical and mental health at work, as well as patient

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Section: Scheduled Toileting Program In Long-term Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Patient Safety - Worker Safety: Building a Culture of Safety to Improve Healthcare Worker and Patient Well-Being

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Hancock²

2005

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“…22 Reasons for the less than optimal approach to this geriatric syndrome are probably multifactorial but may include inadequate knowledge and skills about UI in general, inability to implement specific guidelines for UI care in the nursing facility, insufficient staffing, and poor communication among health care professionals and paraprofessionals. [23][24][25][26][27] However, UI also may be overshadowed by issues that seem more important to the health care teams that evaluate and treat nursing facility residents. Medical and neuropsychiatric conditions (eg, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, dementia) and geriatric syndromes other than UI (eg, falls, weight loss, delirium) may consume so much time and effort that UI becomes the neglected geriatric syndrome.…”

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