EMS Providers’ Perceptions of Safety Climate and Adherence to Safe Work Practices

Eliseo, L; Murray, Kate A.; White, Laura F.; Dyer, Sophia; Mitchell, Patricia; Fernandez, William G.

doi:10.3109/10903127.2011.621043

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“…However, they did demonstrate that a perceived climate of workplace safety, particularly feedback and training, was associated with improved compliance with safe work practices (odds ratio of 2.14 [95% CI: 1.01-4.51]). 23 In a Florida study of firefighters, 58.9% reported they had not received any training on hand hygiene from the fire department during the term of their employment. Reported barriers to hand hygiene were forgetfulness (28.9%), difficulty finding water or waterless cleansers (11.6%), a belief that wearing gloves was a substitute for hand hygiene (8%), and fatigue (2.7%).…”

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EMS Provider Compliance with Infection Control Recommendations Is Suboptimal

Bledsoe¹,

Sweeney²,

Berkeley³

et al. 2014

Prehospital Emergency Care

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confidence: 98%

EMS Provider Compliance with Infection Control Recommendations Is Suboptimal

Bledsoe¹,

Sweeney²,

Berkeley³

et al. 2014

Prehospital Emergency Care

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“…Safety climate, which measures the degree of practice and commitment to safety procedure of hospital management, is a critical organizational factor for worker health; improved compliance with safety practices in the workplace has been shown to increase worker safety and health 28−30) . The safety climate concept was introduced into health-care workplaces in the late 1990s and has proved to be positively related to health-care workers' safety practices in the occupational safety setting [31][32][33][34] . Perceived safety climate was reported to be a protective factor for WPV that mediates the relationship between workderived violence and negative consequences, job satisfaction, and work engagement 35) .…”

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Determinants of workplace violence against clinical physicians in hospitals

Tung

Chen

et al. 2015

Journal of Occupational Health

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Determinants of workplace violence against clinical physicians in hospitals: Jeng‐Cheng Wu, et al. Department of Urology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan Objective Workplace violence in the health sector is a worldwide concern. Physicians play an essential role in health‐care teamwork; thus, understanding how organizational factors influence workplace violence against physicians is critical. Methods A total of 189 physicians from three public hospitals and one private hospital in Northern Taiwan completed a survey, and the response rate was 47.1%. This study was approved by the institutional review board of each participating hospital. The 189 physicians were selected from the Taipei area, Taiwan. Results The results showed that 41.5% of the respondents had received at least one workplace‐related physical or verbal violent threat, and that 9.8% of the respondents had experienced at least one episode of sexual harassment in the 3 months before the survey. Logistic regression analysis revealed that physicians in psychiatry or emergency medicine departments received more violent threats and sexual harassment than physicians in other departments. Furthermore, physicians with a lower workplace safety climate (OR=0.89; 95% CI=0.81−0.98) and more job demands (OR=1.15; 95% CI=1.02−1.30) were more likely to receive violent threats. Conclusions This study found that workplace violence was associated with job demands and the workplace safety climate. Therefore, determining how to develop a workplace safety climate and ensure a safe job environment for physicians is a crucial management policy issue for health‐care systems.

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“…Hofmann et al (4) found a positive relationship between safety climate and safety behaviors, such as failure to wear PPE, among chemical plant workers. Eliseo et al (33) found a significant positive association between safety feedback and training (a component of safety climate), and safe work practices, such as wearing eye protection, among emergency medical service (EMS) workers.…”

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Worksite Safety Climate, Smoking, and the Use of Protective Equipment by Blue-Collar Building Workers Enrolled in the MassBUILT Smoking Cessation Trial

Dutra

Kim

Williams³

et al. 2014

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective In order to assess potential contributors to high injury rates and smoking prevalence among construction workers, we investigated the association of safety climate with personal protective equipment (PPE) use, and smoking behaviors. Methods Logistic regression models estimated risk ratios for PPE use and smoking using data from participants in MassBUILT smoking cessation intervention (n=1,725). Results Contractor safety climate was negatively associated with use of dust masks (RR=0.88,95%CI:0.83–0.94); respirators (RR=0.82,95%CI:0.75–0.89); general equipment (RR=0.98,95%CI:0.95–1.00); and fall protection (RR=0.94,95%CI:0.91–0.98) and positively associated with current smoking (RR=1.12,95%CI:1.01–1.25) but not smoking cessation. Coworker safety climate was negatively associated with use of dust masks (RR=0.87,95%CI:0.82–0.92); respirators (RR=0.80,95%CI:0.74–0.87); general equipment (RR=0.96,95%CI:0.94–0.98); fall (RR=0.92,95%CI:0.89–0.96) and hearing (RR=0.88,95%CI:0.83–0.93) protection but not smoking. Conclusions Worksite safety climate may be important for PPE use and smoking, but further research is needed.

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EMS Providers’ Perceptions of Safety Climate and Adherence to Safe Work Practices

Cited by 23 publications

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EMS Provider Compliance with Infection Control Recommendations Is Suboptimal

EMS Provider Compliance with Infection Control Recommendations Is Suboptimal

Determinants of workplace violence against clinical physicians in hospitals

Worksite Safety Climate, Smoking, and the Use of Protective Equipment by Blue-Collar Building Workers Enrolled in the MassBUILT Smoking Cessation Trial

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