California, and indeed the nation, have a history of violence toward healthcare workers. Cal/OSHA adopted a new workplace violence prevention standard for healthcare in 2016, but it is unclear how effective that regulation has been. A 2024 law from the state legislature, AB 2975, aims to buttress the Cal/OSHA standard by requiring weapons detection in …
As Cal-OSHA Reporter reported in last week’s Workplace Fatality Update, a nurse at the Department of State Hospitals’ Atascadero facility near Templeton died 11 days after testing positive for “active” tuberculosis (TB) and being hospitalized. Cal-OSHA Reporter determined it was worth looking into this unusual workplace fatality to learn if it portends anything more serious. …
Healthcare is a growth industry. It is expected to increase 7.1% between 2022 and 2027, according to the healthcare consultancy McKinsey & Co. That’s significantly more than the overall projected economic growth for that period of 4.7%. At the same time, there is a crisis in the healthcare workforce, with pandemic fatigue and an aging …