Catalog Number : agcl1896
Title : Slips, Trips and Fall Prevention for Healthcare Workers
Speaker : Jim Collins

Webplay Recording Date : 1-29-2014
Webplay Price : $ 170 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

Come learn about a"best practices" slip, trip, and fall prevention program that was demonstrated to be highly effective for reducing staff injuries and workers’ compensation claims in a 10-year research study in three acute care hospitals. The research was conducted by a multi-disciplinary partnership including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), BJC Health System, the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the Veteran’s Health Administration, and Washington University School of Medicine.

Target Audience:

The target audience for this webinar is healthcare facility administrators, safety and health professionals, facility managers, housekeeping managers, food service managers, and workers who are responsible for safety.

Webinar Objectives:

• Learn about the latest research to present slips, trips, and falls in healthcare facilities
• Become familiar with the top ten hazards contributing to slips, trips, and falls involving healthcare workers
• Learn to recognize and reduce the risk of the hazards to employees associated with slips, trips, and falls
• Receive guidance on implementing a slip, trip, and fall prevention program for Healthcare workers

Contact Hours:

• Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.2 Contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate.

• All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1.0 Hours Attendance Certificate for each program.

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.