Sailing for Safety is a fun and simple way to track education process. Using a drawn map and paper sailboats, staff “sail” around Vancouver Island completing education modules for different ports as they go. Every staff member is encouraged to participate by colouring a sailboat, naming it and doing the education modules and experiences. The experiences are in-house education such as back care and lifting. Staff receive nautical miles on completion of the education modules, inhouse attendance is worth more miles.

The program aims to increase participation in education and decrease work-related injuries to staff.

Our Employee-created program “Ten Minutes to Relaxation” was the dream of one of our HCWs. Flordeliza wanted a program for staff that featured Exercise to keep fit and work safely with the residents and staff, an academic program, and a community-supportive idea to welcome all without judgement or bullying.
It turned out to be a very successful program in turning “Burnout ” into joy! Each participant engages in a 5-minute Tai Chi warmup then on to 4 minutes masse. We do this Kongo style to prime up the “Happy Hormones”. The participants also include some of our residents. Our Academic and personal development sections are featured each week in a workbook.

The Provizio SEM Scanner, is a non-invasive device with rapid results that compares SEM measurements across an anatomical site and reports the difference between values at the inflamed vs. healthy tissue site. It provides an adjunct to existing care pathways in pressure injury prevention such as Visual Skin and Tissue Assessment.

Create customized and color-coded flash cards to streamline the education process for safety procedures in the home! Noticed the inefficient outcomes that we’ve had for each of our fire drills and discovered the main reason for this was that the staff did not know what to do. Staff are often so busy with their existing workload that it can be tiresome and unappealing to use their spare time to refresh or educate themselves on their contribution when it comes to safety procedures.
The flash cards will be color-coded to each role (care aides, nurses, maintenance, housekeepers, etc.) to avoid confusion. Each card will outline key moments and tasks specific to each role and will use short, concise language for quick and efficient learning.

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Chilliwack Society for Community Living has enrolled in the WorkSafeBC Certificate of Recognition (COR) initiative that encourages an occupational health and safety management system that goes beyond the current legal requirements. When awarded, an incentive payment is made. Half of the rebate is allotted our Wellness Committee.

Automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) have been available for a couple decades, but Capsa Healthcare’s NexsysADC is different; it was designed for long-term care. Practical in size, price range, and scope. NexsysADC is accessible for even small volume homes (or behavioral health and hospice too) — not just large hospitals. Compact cabinet that controls the onsite storage and distribution of medications (especially narcotics) and high-value supplies. At all times, pharmacies stocking medications and nursing managers controlling the removal of medications know what doses are inside each NexsysADC cabinet, which nurse is accessing them, and what medication dose is getting to which patient. Each transaction is visible and trackable via cloud connection.

SHAPEDOWN! A staff wellness initiative: participants agree to make 2 healthy changes to their diet and participate in a minimum of 3, 30 minute exercise sessions per week above their regular activity level. Body composition mapping is performed at the beginning and end of 90 days. Monthly meetings are held where participants share what they’ve changed, their goals, and where they are on their journey.
The participant with the highest total percentage of body fat loss after 90 days wins bragging rights, as well as a Fitbit VERSA 3 smartwatch!

We are creating safety posters for each department. These posters will have many safety fails in them, to be spotted by our staff. Each department will prepare their space with some safety issues that are frequently spotted in their areas. Staff will submit their entries for best poster, and point out the safety fails.

The Fears and Solutions initiative is about starting a dialogue. Using a blank poster to fill out, staff and students are asked two questions: “what are you afraid of?” and “what are you going to about it?” By writing their answers to each of the questions on a poster, staff work together to come up with solutions to common fears. A proactive, welcoming environment is formed.

In Health Care incivility among coworkers/different shifts/departments can cause workers a great deal of stress and hostility in the workplace. There is a culture in healthcare that is a ‘sink or swim’ mentality rather than a working together and helping each other out. I have worked in healthcare for 27 years as a care aide.

A poster that asks two questions: what are you afraid of? and what are you going to do about it? It’s a way to get students and new careworkers to open up about their fears before they are actually working in the field.