Workers in Health Care Facilities More Likely to Have Injuries Due to Violence

• Autores: Rita Rubin
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 315, Nº. 22, 2016, pág. 2389
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • People who work in health care facilities experience higher rates of nonfatal injuries due to violence in the workplace than workers overall, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, which called for new efforts to protect these workers (http://1.usa.gov/21qWGwh).

    Department of Labor (DOL) data show that in 2013, private-sector health care workers in hospitals and other inpatient facilities were at least 5 times more likely than private-sector workers in general to need to take days off from work because of violence-related injuries, according to the GAO report.