Colorado Health Care Association (CHCA)

September 16, 2015

Overview

To provide Colorado Health Care Association (CHCA) members and others in the long term care industry with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’ health and safety, especially hazards related to ergonomics, bloodborne pathogens, slips, trips and falls, workplace violence and other hazards common to the long term care industry.

Implementation Team Members

Contributors

Evaluation Period

September 16, 2016- September 16, 2017

Implementation Team Meetings

1. Alliance Background
   • Doug Farmer – President & CEO
   
   
   • Bonita Jones – CHCA Vice President of Operations
   
   
   • Shay Winfrey – Office Assistant - Education CHCA
   
   
   • Herb Gibson – OSHA Denver Area Office Area Director
   
   
   • Brian Oberbeck – Industrial Hygienist Denver Area Office
   
   
   • Mallory Neyens – Industrial Hygienist Denver Area Office
   
   
   • Brenda Yamen – Industrial Hygienist Englewood Area Office
   
   
   • Chris Lawver – Safety CSHO Denver Area Office (no longer at DAO)
   
   
   • Dan Holland – Safety CSHO Englewood Area Office
   
   
   
    
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   • CHCA Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee
   
   
   • Members of the nursing homes and assisted living facilities covered by CHCA
   
   
   
    
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   • 10/21/16 – implementation team meeting held
   
   
   • 1/6/17 – implementation team meeting held
   
   
   • 3/22/17 – implementation team meeting held - in person
   
   
   • 8/11/17 – discussion on the alliance
   
   
   • 9/6/17 – implementation team meeting held to discuss new alliance and signing date
   
   
   
    
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2. Events and Products
   • Events
   
   
   • 11/4/17 – Survival Skills for Nurses presentation to CHCA members Denver
   
   
   • 3/22/17 – Safety and Health for Environmental Services for Residential Care Facilities presentation Denver
   
   
   • 4/11/17 – “Essentials of Safety and Health for Nursing Home Administrators” presentation Denver
   
   
   • Products
   
   
   
    
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   • N/A
   
   

   • Outreach and Communication
     
     Events
     
     Attendance at the CHCA Annual Conference in Denver where OSHA had a booth and distributed safety and health materials specifically developed for the Long Term Care Industry.
     
     The CHCA informs members of OSHA related initiatives through the weekly newsletter. Additionally they include OSHA on email distribution list.
     
     Products
     
     N/A
     
     Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health

   
   

   • Events
     Multiple training events focused on communicating enforcement issues related to OSHA’s emphasis for the Long Term Care Industry. Specifically the CHCA assisted in distributing information about OSHA’s increased emphasis on healthcare. Members were provided copies of the June 25, 2015 memorandum titled Inspection Guidelines for Inpatient Healthcare Settings that focuses on placing emphasis on musculoskeletal disorders, bloodborne pathogens, workplace violence, tuberculosis and slips, trips and falls in healthcare facilities.

   
   
   • The DAO provided information on the Regional Emphasis Program (REP) covering Workplace Violence at Residential Intellectual and Development Disability Facilities. Additionally, OSHA has provided training and access to copies of the OSHA Directive: Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling for Occupational Exposure to Workplace Violence CPL 02-01-058. Appendix A of the document provides abatement assistance to enhance a healthcare facility workplace violence program. Specific sections of the directive were covered with the CHCA.
   
   
   • The CHCA supported OSHA’s Safe and Sound Week by encouraging members of the CHCA to enhance and focus on safety and health program management during the Safe and Sound Week.
   
   
   • OSHA information regarding the Zika virus was provided to the CHA which created a resource on their website.
   
   
   • As a result of working on safety and health in healthcare through the alliance the DAO was requested in April to provide a speaker to the national meeting of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare. The topic that will be covered is OSHA’s experience in healthcare as a result of the June 15, 2105 healthcare memo.
   
   
   • This organization also represents the assisted living industry and is members of the national associations American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
   
   

   • Products
     N/A

   
   
   
    
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3. Results
4. Upcoming Milestones