灭火:威斯康星州农村卫生官员在COVID-19大流行期间的经历
Samantha Crowley1, Sarah D Hohl2, Hazel Behling2
1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, scrowley@uwhealth.org.
概括
威斯康星州大多数急救部门的员工都经历过工作场所的暴力,许多事件没有被报告. 2021年的法律并没有显著改善这些医疗保健专业人员的安全感知或报告率.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 职业安全 在职业安全.
- 卫生法 法律 卫生法
背景情况:
- 工作场所暴力在医疗机构普遍存在,特别是在急诊室.
- 威斯康星州法案209 (2021) 将对医疗机构工作人员造成或威胁对身体造成伤害的行为定为刑事犯罪.
研究的目的:
- 评估急救部门工作人员对工作场所暴力的经历.
- 评估威斯康星州209号法案对工人安全和事故报告的感知影响.
主要方法:
- 在威斯康星州急诊部向护士,医生和高级实践提供者分发了一份调查.
- 数据收集时间为2022年3月至2023年6月.
主要成果:
- 70.6%的受访者报告经历身体伤害或威胁;大多数事件没有报告.
- 护士报告的威胁比医生多;许多工人不知道209号法案.
- 大多数人认为209号法案颁布后的暴力率保持不变,理由是医疗状况和执法问题等报告障碍.
结论:
- 尽管有立法,但工作场所暴力仍然存在,报告不足是一个主要问题.
- 报告的障碍包括临床因素,时间限制和执法部门的看法.
- 需要进一步的战略来优先考虑医疗保健工作者的安全和福祉.
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