College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of British Columbia

Relevant Links

“These links are relevant to the CRPNBC Report on Patient/Client Safety in Mental Health Settings: Issues, Professional Practice Concerns and Recommendations - A Call for Action”.

Working Alone and Violence Prevention Program elements, statistics and requirements in the OHSR 4.21 to 4.23, 4.27 to 4.31 - (N.B. Be sure to click on the link to the Guidelines associated with each WCA or OHSR page.)

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/Part4.asp#SectionNumber:4.21
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/Part4.asp#SectionNumber:4.27
http://www2.worksafebc.com/PDFs/healthcare/backgrounder_violence.pdf
http://www2.worksafebc.com/PDFs/healthcare/fact_sheet_violence.pdf

Hierarchy of measures to control hazard (violence and aggression examples of engineering, administrative, and PPE), guidelines for Code White

http://www.worksafebc.com/publications/health_and_safety/by_topic/assets/pdf/violhealthcare.pdf (pages 66-70)
http://www2.worksafebc.com/pdfs/healthcare/code_white.pdf

Duties and Responsibilities of employers, supervisors, and workers in the WCA 115 to 117

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/WorkersCompensationAct.asp#SectionNumber:Part3Division3

Joint Health and Safety Committee WCA 125 to 140

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/WorkersCompensationAct.asp#SectionNumber:Part3Division4

WorkSafeBC Inspection Protocol (WCA 179 to 182)

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/WorkersCompensationAct.asp#SectionNumber:Part3Division11

Refusal of unsafe work

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/Part3.asp#SectionNumber:3.12

Health Care H&S Resources

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/HealthCare/Home.asp

"Preventing Violence in Health Care" – and other publications:

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/HealthCare/Violence.asp

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