
Bullying and Harassment
Bullying and incivility are significant problems in workplaces, homes, schools, and online. SafeCare BC and its members can play a role in creating safe, healthy, and civil workplaces.
September is the start of Autumn! Going into the fall season it is good practice to be mindful of ways to prevent and reduce the transmission of communicable diseases. Changing weather and increased indoor activities also pose extra challenges. There are several things that you can do to help prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the workplace:
Vaccines are an effective measure against preventable disease. In addition to the measures above, be sure that you are up to date with vaccinations heading into the flu season.
As always, we’re here to support you. We’ve created a collection of resources and information to support you in infection prevention and control. If you would like further assistance from us, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us at info@safecarebc.ca.
Use this point of care assessment card to help you stay on top of your workplace safety while addressing the series of risks introduced by respiratory viruses such as COVID-19.
Visit this webpage for resources to support your organization's fit-testing program.,
Hang these posters in your organization to spread the word about hand hygiene and staying home while you are sick.
Use this Safety Huddle to show your staff how to follow proper hand washing procedures.
Inspections involve critically examining the workplace to identify and record hazards for corrective action. Effective inspection programs reduce incidents and property damage and improve worker communication and company morale.
We’ve created a collection of resources and information to support you with different types of inspections.
Download this safety huddle to help guide your staff through the proper reporting procedures set out by your organization.
Use our webpage to learn how you can support your Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees or Worker Representatives to fulfill their legal obligations in the workplace.
Visit this webpage from WorkSafeBC to get a comprehensive look at what a workplace inspection should include.
WorkSafeBC created this video to help you better understand the inspection process so that it will be more efficient and productive.
The Point of Care Risk Assessment was created to help you continually assess risk. Download the poster and card to share in your workplace.
Use this template to help make sure you are taking all the steps necessary to prevent musculoskeletal injuries.
The hierarchy of controls details a specific order to follow when assessing and controlling risk.
Bullying and incivility are significant problems in workplaces, homes, schools, and online. SafeCare BC and its members can play a role in creating safe, healthy, and civil workplaces.
Manual client handling and other physical tasks can cause overexertion of your muscles to cause injury. Musculoskeletal injuries are sprains and strains to the muscles and surrounding tissues, which can have life-long impacts These are the leading type of injury for home and community care workers.
Dementia can affect behaviour and mood – but the care for persons with dementia aims to achieve the same goals – whether at home or in long-term care – safety for the person, family, and caregivers.
Exposure to hazardous drugs and infectious diseases poses a health risk. Hazardous drugs include antineoplastics, cytotoxic drugs, certain hormone therapies, antiviral drugs, antibiotics, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and carfentanyl.
Extreme weather can arise quickly and pose several significant and sometimes overlapping health and safety issues.
Managing risk includes identifying hazards, assessing the risk, and deciding on control measures to eliminate or minimize the risk. When identifying hazards, it’s important to look for all the conditions and situations that could possibly harm your workers.
Resources Best Practices for the Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Mainly intended for the healthcare industry, this book provides an overview of current knowledge on hazardous drugs, describes how to
Violence refers to physical force that causes injury to a worker and includes any threatening statement or that gives you reasonable cause to believe that you are in danger.
The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
SafeCare BC works with partners throughout the industry to help create healthy and safe workplaces.
Statistics and numbers for long-term care and home and community care to help inform your health and safety program.
Prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza by taking proper infection control measures in your workplace.
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