Safety
We Need Your Feedback for an Important Worker Safety Resource
SUBMIT YOUR FEEDBACK The open comment period ends June 2, 2023. The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group want your feedback on an important project we’ve underdevelopment concerning home worker safety. The NAHC Safety Task Force has been working to develop the “Minimum Standards in Care in the Home Worker Safety” resource document to […]
Read MoreWe Need Your Feedback for an Important Worker Safety Resource
SUBMIT YOUR FEEDBACK The open comment period will occur from May 1, 2023, to June 2, 2023. The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group want your feedback on an important project we’ve underdevelopment concerning home worker safety. The NAHC Safety Task Force has been working to develop the “Minimum Standards in Care in […]
Read MoreResource for Action Steps to Comply with the OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
In June 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect health care workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are more than likely going to be present, including home-based care settings. (See this NAHC Report article for important information.) Employers covered by the standard are required to develop and […]
Read MoreFederal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues
Kaiser Health News Harris Meyer Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. Hours after her letter was published in September 2017, officials at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital […]
Read MoreFederal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues
Kaiser Health News Harris Meyer Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. Hours after her letter was published in September 2017, officials at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital […]
Read MoreCMS Revises Memo on Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19
The Quality, Safety, and Oversight Group of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised a memo addressing guidance for infection control and prevention concerning COVID-19 in home health agencies (HHAs) and religious nonmedical healthcare institutions (RNHIs). The memo was originally released on March 10, 2020 (see previous NAHC coverage here) and was revised […]
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