Pennsylvania: Hospital Safety Bill – Health Care Facilities Workplace Violence Prevention Act

In a press release issued today, Mahoney said that the bill, which will be known as the Health Care Facilities Workplace Violence Prevention Act, would include management, nurses and hospital employees in a risk assessment and then would involve the development and implementation of a detailed violence prevention plan. The bill would also provide employee training and develop an in-house crisis response team for such incidents.

“Unfortunately, hospitals and other health care facilities can no longer be considered safe havens, immune from the senseless violence that permeates society,” Mahoney said. “Increasingly, nurses and health care workers are victims of assault and violence from patients and visitors. We must do more to ensure their safety.”

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http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/hsnewsnow/mahoney-to-co-sponsor-hospital-safety-bill/article_56428183-ba72-531f-9317-d646f2562267.html