Humans fall. That is a fact!
Can we prevent it? Absolutely!
The healthcare industry presents some unique slip, trip, and fall exposures. This webinar will discuss these exposures and share ideas and practices to prevent you, the healthcare workers, from falling. If you need to be off work because of an injury, who is going to maintain the buildings and grounds, take care of the patients, make the food, wash the laundry, etc.?
Target Audience:
Facilities management, environmental services, kitchen/dietary, maintenance, housekeeping, human resources, safety risk management. All healthcare staff involved with cord management.
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Learning Objectives:
• Understand the need to prioritize slip, trip, fall prevention practices as an organization and the financial impacts of slip, trip, fall injuries.
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•  Identify slip, trip, fall hazards (STF) in healthcare settings:
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  -  Overview of STF hazards associated with operations in winter climates for snow/ice management
  -  Review how floors become slippery and protocols for floor cleaning to minimize buildup and hot spots
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• Learn how aging impacts the risk to falls and actions to take to assist with preventing trips and falls in this population.
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• Access resources to build and/or evaluate a comprehensive STF prevention program in healthcare
Collett joined the United Heartland team in 2008. Previously, she worked as a registered nurse (RN) for 10 years, focusing on employee health and safety. She has held many roles in occupational health, nurse education, and infection control, including RN lead of a community-based residential facility, bloodborne pathogens counselor, employee health nurse, and CPR instructor.
Collett has worked in loss control in a variety of industries, ranging from casinos, cabinetry manufacturers, water and power plants, truck driving, hospitals, and nursing homes. She is well-versed in safe patient/resident handling and provides training and consulting to staff and clients.
Rhonda joined United Heartland in 2016 and handles accounts of various sizes in the brand’s core business segments, including health care, social services, and manufacturing. She is also actively involved in specialty task forces developing industry best practice safety programs for United Heartland customers.
She has more than 20 years of experience in loss control, managing a large book of workers’ compensation business in multiple states. Rhonda has a passion for creating strong client relationships with a collaborative approach to service planning and execution.
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