Nonfatal Violent Workplace Crime Characteristics and Rates by Occupation - United States, 2007-2015.

Workplace violence can lead to adverse physical and psychological outcomes and affect work function (1). According to the U.S.

Individual, business-related, and work environment factors associated with driving tired among taxi drivers in two metropolitan U.S. cities.

Introduction: Violence-related events and roadway incidents are the leading causes of injury among taxi drivers. Fatigue is under-recognized and prevalent in this workforce and is associated with both injury outcomes. We describe the association of individual, business-related, and work environment factors with driving tired among taxi drivers in two very different cities.

Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses.

An online NIOSH course raises awareness of workplace violence and offers preventive strategies.

New Jersey Home Health Care Aides Survey Results.

The objective of the study was to report on what violence-based training home health care aides received, their participation in health promotion classes, and home health care aides' experience with workplace violence. In 2013, a mail survey was completed by 513 home health care aides in the state of New Jersey. Ninety-four percent of the respondents were female.

Workplace Violence and Training Required by New Legislation Among NJ Nurses.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine nurses' knowledge of the state of New Jersey (NJ) Violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act, workplace violence training, and experience with workplace violence.

Methods: In 2013, 309 (22.5% response rate) nurses returned a mailed survey.

Workplace violence and hospital security programs: regulatory compliance, program benchmarks, innovative strategies.

The authors describe the issue of workplace violence in hospitals, a New Jersey state law and regula- tions regarding workplace vio- lence in healthcare, and some innovative strategies that are being utilized to help reduce the occurrence and risk of violence. The authors also discuss compli- ance with the New Jersey regula- tions.

The Violence Prevention Community Meeting: A Multi-Site Study.

Objective: The Violence Prevention Community Meeting (VPCM) is a specialized form of community meeting in which avoiding violence and promoting non-violent problem solving and interpersonal civility are focal points. A nationwide study to assess the VPCM as an effective intervention to reduce workplace violence was undertaken.

Participants: Seven acute locked psychiatric units of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) throughout the United States participated in the study.

Barriers to Effective Implementation of Programs for the Prevention of Workplace Violence in Hospitals.

Effective workplace violence (WPV) prevention programs are essential, yet challenging to implement in healthcare. The aim of this study was to identify major barriers to implementation of effective violence prevention programs. After reviewing the related literature, the authors describe their research methods and analysis and report the following seven themes as major barriers to effective implementation of workplace violence programs: a lack of action despite reporting; varying perceptions of violence; bullying; profit-driven management models; lack of management accountability; a focus on customer service; and weak social service and law enforcement approaches to mentally ill patients.

Workplace violence prevention for nurses on-line course: Program development.

Background: Many entry-level and experienced healthcare professionals have not received training in workplace violence prevention strategies.

Objective: This paper describes the development, content, and initial qualitative evaluation of an on-line course designed to give healthcare workers an opportunity to acquire free workplace violence prevention training while earning free continuing education units.

Methods: A group of healthcare violence prevention researchers worked via email and face-to-face meetings to decide appropriate content for the course.

Barriers to Effective Implementation of Programs for the Prevention of Workplace Violence in Hospitals.

Effective workplace violence (WPV) prevention programs are essential, yet challenging to implement in healthcare. The aim of this study was to identify major barriers to implementation of effective violence prevention programs. After reviewing the related literature, the authors describe their research methods and analysis and report the following seven themes as major barriers to effective implementation of workplace violence programs: a lack of action despite reporting; varying perceptions of violence; bullying; profit-driven management models; lack of management accountability; a focus on customer service; and weak social service and law enforcement approaches to mentally ill patients.

Slip, trip, and fall injuries among nursing care facility workers.

The objective of this research was to describe the slip, trip, and fall injury experience and trends in a population of nursing home workers, identify risk factors for slip, trip, and fall injuries, and develop prevention strategies for slip, trip, and fall hazards. Workers' compensation injury claims data and payroll data from 1996 through 2003 were obtained from six nursing homes and used to calculate injury incidence rates. Narrative information was used to describe details of slip, trip, and fall events.

Workplace violence prevention for healthcare workers-an online course.

Purpose: Workplace assaults against healthcare workers originate from many sources, but are predominantly committed by patients. Therefore, training in strategies for preventing patient-on-nurse violence is very important throughout a nurse's career.

Methods: The online course described in this article presents prevention strategies from the institutional and individual levels.

Displacement of the underserved: medical needs of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in West Virginia.

On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. During the aftermath of the storm, hurricane victims were evacuated to over 1,000 evacuation centers in 27 states. Three-hundred and twenty-three evacuees from 220 households were provided housing, food, and medical care at an evacuation center in West Virginia.

Clinical effects of reverting from leukoreduced to nonleukoreduced blood in cardiac surgery.

Background: A reduction in postoperative length of stay (PLOS) was recently demonstrated with the use of leukoreduced (LR) blood in cardiac surgery patients compared to a historical cohort who received non-LR blood. Follow-up data are now presented in a similar population after a 12-month period in which LR blood was no longer routinely used.

Study Design And Methods: This is an extension of a study in which all patients admitted over a 12-month period for open heart surgery were given LR blood (Group 2) and were compared against a historical cohort given non-LR blood (Group 1).

Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: a clinical process improvement model.

In a prospective study of more than 4,000 consecutive patients who underwent any cardiovascular procedure requiring sternotomy incision in a 650-bed tertiary care hospital, a gradual increase in deep sternal infections from 0.8% in 1995 to 2.1% in 1999 was noted.

Leukoreduction in the setting of open heart surgery: a prospective cohort-controlled study.

Background: Proven clinical benefits of leukoreduced blood components include reduced febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions, alloimmunization against HLA antigens, and CMV transmission. Immunomodulatory effects of leukoreduction have also been postulated to play a significant role in the clinical outcome of open heart surgery.

Study Design And Methods: A prospective case control study was implemented in which all patients admitted over a 1-year period for open heart surgery at a single hospital were given leukoreduced blood products.