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Title:   Be Sure... Be Safe
  Order #:   BK121
  Description:   Safety in the Healthcare Workplace: Discussion Guide
WorkSafeBC presents three new videos illustrating the hazards of working alone in the community with aggressive and potentially violent patients, patient-handling activities, and needle use, each one portraying situations that care workers may encounter on the job. This guide is meant as a tool to promote discussion about the situations in the videos, and those workers face on a daily basis.
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Title:   Controlling Exposure: Protecting Workers from Infectious Disease
  Order #:   BK129
  Description:  

Changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in British Columbia have expanded the regulatory requirements for infectious diseases beyond blood and body fluids. Preventive action is now required for any infectious disease that is found in the workplace and may pose a risk to workers. Workers in healthcare are at greater risk of exposure to infectious diseases; however, the information in this publication is relevant to every industry in B.C.

This book describes common infectious diseases and how they are spread, and explains how to protect workers from exposure to infectious diseases. This book replaces the older publication HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis B and C: Preventing Exposure at Work (BK38).
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Title:   Dealing with "Latex Allergies" at Work
  Order #:   BK2
  Description:   The information in this booklet applies to a wide range of jobs with exposure to rubber products. This booklet explains the health problems that may be caused by using rubber products; the natural rubber latex protein allergy, which may cause severe health problems; and sources of information on "latex allergies."
      (PDF 550kb)
       
Title:   Handle with Care: Patient Handling and the Application of Ergonomics (MSI) Requirements
  Order #:   BK79
  Description:   This 111-page publication discusses how to implement a "no lift" approach to patient handling in the health care sector.
       
Title:   High-Risk Manual Handling of Patients in Healthcare
  Order #:   BK97
  Description:   Provides information on patient moving and handling techniques that present higher risks of musculoskeletal injury (MSI) to healthcare workers. Information on safer patient-handling strategies is also reviewed.
      (PDF 718kb)
       
Title:   Home and Community Health Worker Handbook
  Order #:   BK104
  Description:  

Handbook for workers in the field of home and community health care. It will help you:

  • Identify the types of activities that put you at risk of injury and illness
  • Prevent injuries and illnesses
  • Know what to do if you are hurt or ill
  • Know your workplace rights and responsibilities
  • Know where to find more information
      (PDF 747kb)
       
Title:   Make Your Home Safer for Care Workers
  Order #:   PH94
  Description:   This pamphlet is for agencies providing care in people's homes to give their clients before the first visit by a care worker. It outlines what clients must do to make their homes safe for care workers. Additionally, the pamphlet's back panel has space for agencies to stamp their own contact information.
      (PDF 926kb)
       
Title:   Patient Handling in Small Facilities: A Companion Guide to Handle with Care
  Order #:   BK100
  Description:   This handbook illustrates how small facilities within the health care sector can apply WorkSafeBC's Ergonomics (MSI) Requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation to their own facility by acting as a guide through the process of identifying, assessing, and controlling the risks of musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) for patient handling.
      (PDF 432kb)
       
Title:   Preventing Violence in Health Care: Five Steps to an Effective Program
  Order #:   BK34
  Description:   This manual will help health care employers to develop, implement, and review violence prevention programs. It presents a generic five-step model and offers tools such as checklists and forms that can be adapted for use inw hospitals, long-term care facilities, group homes, public health units, dental or medical facilities, and community settings.
      (PDF 670kb)
       
Title:   Transfer Assist Devices for Safer Handling of Patients
  Order #:   BK103
  Description:   Health care professionals can use this guide as a resource for evaluating and selecting appropriate transfer assist devices for use in their care environment.
      (PDF 368kb)