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  • Healthcare Management
  • Patient Safety

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  • Healthcare industry historically accepts workplace injuries.
  • Children's National Hospital initiated an Employee and Staff Safety program in 2017 to combat this trend.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To decrease the employee injury rate at Children's National Hospital.
  • To integrate employee safety with existing patient safety and quality improvement efforts.

Main Methods:

  • Established an Employee and Staff Safety program with executive support.
  • Analyzed baseline injury data to identify high-risk areas.
  • Formed subcommittees for slips, trips, falls, sharps injuries, body fluid exposures, violence, and overexertion.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a sustained 37% reduction in the Days Away Restricted or Transfer (DART) rate.
  • Observed a statistically significant decrease (38.3%) in DART injuries over 56 months (P = 0.016).

Conclusions:

  • Leadership support and targeted interventions significantly improved the DART rate.
  • The program's framework, using patient safety tools, is generalizable to other hospitals.