Is your employer on track
to be compliant with the
Cal/OSHA Workplace
Violence Prevention in
Health Care Standard?
Use this checklist to find out.
Has my employer?
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Created a clear process for employees
to report workplace violence?
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Communicated to me how to report
workplace violence?
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Implemented a Violent Incident Log
to record information about every
workplace violence incident, regard-
less of whether an injury occurs?
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Actively sought my input on
identifying and preventing workplace
violence hazards on my unit?
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Actively sought my input on training
needs and design?
If you did not check all boxes, then your
employer has not fulfilled the require-
ments currently in effect.
Contact your CNA/NNU Professional
Practice Committee (PPC), or nurse or
labor representative to get involved with
efforts to enforce the law in your facility.
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Protecting Patients and Nurses
Workplace Violence Prevention
in Health Care Regulations
California Nurses Association (CNA) sponsored S.B.
1299 in response to workplace violence as a serious
occupational hazard for registered nurses and other
health care workers. S.B. 1299 became law in 2014
and directed Cal/OSHA to develop a comprehensive
workplace violence prevention standard for hospi-
tals and other health care settings.
What kinds of violence does the standard
cover?
Workplace violence means any act of violence or
threat of violence that occurs at the work site. This
includes any threat or use of physical force against
an employee and any incident involving a firearm or
other dangerous weapon (including when common
objects are used as weapons), regardless of whether
an injury is sustained.
The standard applies in health care settings
throughout California, including acute-care
hospitals.
For more information visit:
www.nationalnursesunited.org/workplace-violence
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