Health Hub: AFT Healthcare

While much of the information in the E-Learning Health and Safety Resource Community applies to all AFT members, this page provides information specific for healthcare settings for AFT Nurses and Health Professionals. Healthcare workers face multiple occupational hazards on a daily basis, including infectious disease, workplace violence and bullying, stress, fatigue, exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals, and injuries from lifting and transferring patients. More resources on these and other hazards will be added regularly. Contact Sara Markle-Elder at smarkle@aft.org for more information on hazards in healthcare.

Workplace Violence in Healthcare

• Workplace Violence in Healthcare
• WPV Program Checklist
• CMS & Joint Commission Requirements
• Link: Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers (osha.gov)
• Link: Preventing Workplace Violence: A Road Map for Healthcare Facilities (osha.gov)
• Link: About Workplace Violence (CDC)
• Home Healthcare Workers: How to Prevent Violence on the Job

The Impact of Unsafe Staffing on Your Safety and Health

• The Impact of Poor Staffing on Health & Safety for Healthcare Workers

Infectious Disease

• All Hazards Hospital Checklist
• Link to NIOSH site: Respiratory Protection Information Trusted Source | NPPTL | NIOSH | CDC
• Link to the ASHRAE site on hospital ventilation: Health Care Facilities Resources - 170 (ashrae.org)
• Link to the NIOSH site: Expedient Patient Isolation Rooms | NIOSH | CDC
• Link to the NIOSH site: Ventilated Headboards | NIOSH | CDC

Webinar Slides: Better Protection from Infectious Disease

• Using Elastomeric Respirators
• NIOSH Presentation on Ventilated Headboards
• Utilizing Ventilated Headboards
• NIOSH Presentation on Temporary AIIRs
• Utilizing Temporary AIIRs