[MCOH-EH] Safety Procedurs

[william hyman]

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> I was not suggesting that noncompliance was a reason to change proper
> practice. If the practice is indeed proper, and following the practice is a
> policy, then noncompliance is a reason to assertively increase compliance.
> It can't be satisfactory to have a proper practice that is a policy yet it
> routinely not be complied with. Besides the immediate risk, this degrades
> the entire safety enterprise by creating an environment in which policy
> isn't actually policy, and pronouncements from the pests from safety can be
> freely ignored.
>

I have been dwelling on the earlier note that policies should not be seen
> as just suggestions. If they were we should rename "Policies and
> Procedures" to "Hints and Suggestions" (although this lacks the
> alliteration).




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> Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 13:12:58 +0000
> From: "Sampson, Deborah" <Deborah.Sampson at snhhs.org>
> To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
> Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] [External] Re:  Safety procedures
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> I agree with kate. Policies should set the standard based on best
> practices. Education and compliance oversight should be implimented to
> improve practice to support safety. Noncompliance should not stimulate
> policy change when the policies reflect proper practice.
>
> Deb Sampson, PhD, APRN, COHN-S
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> From: Kate Miller <kemiller at stcharleshealthcare.org>
> Date: 5/8/17 7:07 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
> Subject: [External] Re: [MCOH-EH] Safety procedures
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> I?m sorry that you see it that way. I see it as a slow change. It is
> always good to create a safe policy but it is often difficult to implement.
> With constant budget changes and daily changes some leadership have other
> things that are a priority but we know that they are working toward the
> goal of safety always. I think it unrealistic to believe that you can enact
> change with a policy overnight.
> I know that I?m old but I remember when we only used gloves with an
> isolation patient.  The change to wear gloves with any procedure was a slow
> one that was instituted in the early 90?s with the advent of HIV/AIDS. Even
> with this danger in the field the continued use didn?t really come into
> fruition until the mid 90?s.  I know that if you were to tell a young nurse
> working in direct patient care today that we didn?t wear gloves when I
> started working they would cringe.
> Some things take a while.
>
> Kate Miller, RN
> Caregiver Health Nurse
> 541-706-4771 (office) 541-706-2694 (fax)
> kemiller at stcharleshealthcare.org
>
> St. Charles Health System 2500 NE Neff Road Bend OR 97701
> www.stcharleshealthcare.org
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> From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of william
> hyman
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2017 12:14 PM
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> Subject: [MCOH-EH] Safety procedures
>
> Safety procedures either increase safety and should therefore be followed
> and enforced, or the procedure is bad and it should be re-evaluated,
> rewritten or abandoned.
>
> I don't understand how one can be comfortable with a safety procedure that
> isn't followed. This is fake safety. Is the idea to just have a procedure
> so one can say they have a procedure, or is the idea to actually help
> protect workers, even if that means protecting them from themselves.
>
> If workers can't see through their non-prescription safety glasses then
> one cannot be serious that "wear your safety glasses" is a realistic policy.
>
> Similarly I have noticed workers peeking out from under face shields
> because they can't see clearly through the shield. This is another example
> of fake safety.
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