I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
February 19, 2004
Date Renewed
August 27, 2006
Overview
The OSHA and AOHP Alliance is providing the association's members and others with information,
guidance, and access to training resources to help them protect employees' health and safety,
particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to patient-handling hazards, bloodborne diseases,
and emergency preparedness in healthcare facilities.
Implementation Team Members
| OSHA: |
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Sheila Arbury
Bret Besser
Brently Donaldson
Sandra Khan |
Directorate of Science, Technology and Medicine
(DSTM)
DSTM
Directorate of Training and Education
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances |
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| AOHP: |
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Diane Dickerson
June Duck
Jan Frustaglia
Linda Good
MaryAnn Gruden
Sandra Prickett
Denise Strode |
Director, EHS, Inova Health System
Team Coordinator, Sentara Healthcare
Program Coordinator, Austin Community College
Employee Health, Scripps Memorial Hospital
EHS Coordinator, West Penn Hospital
EHS Coordinator, Morin General Hospital
Case Manager, OSF Saint Francis |
Evaluation Period
February 19, 2007 – February 18, 2087
II. Implementation Team Meetings
February 22, 2007
June 19, 2007
June 26, 2007
November 20, 2007 |
Hospital eTool Development Team Meeting
Implementation Team Meeting, Teleconference
Hospital eTool Development Team Meeting
Implementation Team Meeting, Teleconference |
In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from both
groups maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance's progress
and results.
III. Results
- Events and Products
Training and Education Goal
- Develop workplace safety and health curricula for training and education programs on patient
handling and bloodborne pathogens for healthcare institutions and workers.
During this evaluation period, no products or resources have been developed to meet this Alliance
goal.
Outreach and Communication Goals
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the recognition and prevention of
workplace hazards, and to provide expertise in developing ways of communicating such information
(e.g. print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA's and AOHP's Web sites) to
employers and employees in the industry.
Products
OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web Page
OSHA continues to maintain and update the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web page on the Agency's Web site.
The page contains information on the Alliance's products and resources, activities and events, and
milestones and successes. For more information on the number of site visits, please see the "Alliance Program Reach" table.
AOHP and OSHA Alliance-related Web Page
AOHP continues to maintain and update the AOHP and OSHA Alliance-related Web page on the
organization's Web site. The page includes links to OSHA's Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and
Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers, the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web
page on the Agency's Web site, and OSHA's electronic assistance tools, including the Hospital eTool
and Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Safety and Health Topic page.
Print and Electronic Media
Information on the activities of the OSHA and AOHP Alliance have appeared in print and online
publications, including PR Newswire, Yahoo News and the AOHP Journal and
Quarterly Electronic Newsletter. For more information on the articles
please see the "Alliance Program Reach" table.
OSHA's Safety and Health Topics pages and eTools
An AOHP representative, Mary Ann Gruden, President Emeritus, serves on the editorial board for
OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Safety and Health Topics page.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's or AOHP's conferences, local meetings, or other AOHP sponsored
events such as the AOHP Annual National Conference.
Events
AOHP Annual National Conference, September 26-29, 2007, Savannah Marriott Riverfront, Savannah,
Georgia
Sheila Arbury, Health Scientist, Office of Occupational Health Nursing, DSTM, USDOL-OSHA, presented
a poster, "Use of Blunt-Tip Suture Needles to Decrease Percutaneous Injuries to Surgical Personnel,"
during the AOHP Annual National Conference, September 26-29, 2007 in Savannah, Georgia.
In addition, AOHP distributed a copy of the AOHP guidance document, "Beyond Getting Started: A
Resource Guide for Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the Acute Care Setting,"
developed through the OSHA and AOHP Alliance and the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Activities Summary to
conference attendees.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding
AOHP's best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by AOHP and
through OSHA or AOHP's developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or
any other applicable forum).
AOHP – Central Pennsylvania Chapter Meeting, March 23, 2007
Wildwood Conference Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
OSHA representatives, Peter Brown, Outreach Coordinator, Region III Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Area
Office, USDOL-OSHA, gave a presentation about OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs and Donna Melnic,
Compliance Safety and Health Officer, Region III, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area Office, USDOL-OSHA,
gave a presentation about job hazards in healthcare during the AOHP – Central Pennsylvania Chapter
Meeting, March 23, 2007 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Products
"Beyond Getting Started: A Resource Guide for Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the
Acute Care Setting"
AOHP continued to promote the AOHP guidance document, "Beyond Getting Started: A Resource Guide
for Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the Acute Care Setting," that was developed
through the OSHA and AOHP Alliance. The document was published on September 20, 2006 and is posted
on the AOHP Web site and a link to the document is featured on the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web page
on the Agency's Web site. In 2007, a link to the guidance document was posted on the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Safety and Health Topic page:
Health Care Workers on the Agency's Web site and on the Minnesota OSHA Workplace Safety
Consultation
Web
site.
- Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects related to patient-handling
hazards, bloodborne diseases and emergency preparedness that are addressed and developed through the
Alliance Program.
Products
OSHA's Compliance Assistance Quick Start: Health Care Industry
Through the Alliance, AOHP worked with other health care industry related Alliance Program
participants to review of the draft Health Care module for OSHA's electronic assistance tool,
Compliance Assistance Quick Start. The module was added to OSHA's Web site in August 2007. In
addition, AOHP published information about the module in its October edition of the AOHP Quarterly
Electronic Newsletter and the Fall edition of the AOHP Journal.
OSHA Hospital eTool
Through the Alliance, AOHP representatives are working with other Alliance Program participants
including the Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) and The Joint Commission/Joint
Commission Resources (JCR) to provide OSHA with input and expertise to OSHA to help the Agency
update its Hospital eTool. The eTool modules that are being updated are Surgical Suite, Bloodborne
Pathogens (BBP) and Ergonomics.
Events
2007 North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, May 6-12, 2007
AOHP supported and promoted the 2007 NAOSH Week May 6-12, 2007 by providing information about the
event and linking to the 2007 NAOSH Week Web page on the American Society of Safety Engineers'
(ASSE) Web site from the AOHP and OSHA Alliance-related Web page. NAOSH Week is sponsored by ASSE,
another Alliance Program participant, and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE). The
goal of the annual Week is to promote safety and health and how to help prevent injuries and
illnesses in the workplace and the 2007 theme is, "All Modes of Transportation."
Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare Congress of
Presidents, Savannah, Georgia, September 27, 2007
Through the OSHA and AHA Alliance and the OSHA and AOHP Alliance, Alex Barbieri, Senior Case
Manager, AHA, gave a presentation about the organization's Start Program to 35 attendees at the AOHP
Congress of Presidents.
- Executive summary
During the fourth year of the OSHA and AOHP Alliance, the organizations continued to work together
to provide AOHP members and others with information, guidance and access to training resources to
help protect employees' health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to
patient-handling hazards, bloodborne diseases, and emergency preparedness in healthcare facilities.
The collaborative relationship has resulted in a sustained effort to support the Alliance Program's
initiatives and the development of safety and health resources. As a result, OSHA and AOHP agreed to
renew the Alliance agreement in 2008.
To meet the Alliance's goals, OSHA and AOHP continued to work on a number projects and support
outreach activities. For example:
- In 2007, a link to the AOHP guidance document, "Beyond Getting Started: A Resource Guide for
Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the Acute Care Setting," that was developed by AOHP
through the Alliance Program was added to the NIOSH Safety and Health Topic page:
Health Care Workers on the Institutes Web site and on the Minnesota OSHA Workplace Safety
Consultation
Web
site.
- OSHA continues to maintain and update the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web page on the Agency's Web
site. The Web page includes links to the OSHA and AOHP Alliance agreements, news releases,
activities and events and products and resources.
- AOHP also maintains and updates its AOHP and OSHA Alliance-related Web page on the organization's
Web site. The page includes links to OSHA's Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance
for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers, the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web page on the Agency's
Web site, and OSHA's electronic assistance tools, including the Hospital eTool and Bloodborne
Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Safety and Health Topics page.
- AOHP is working with OSHA to update the Agency's Hospital eTool. The organization's
representatives are working on this project with other Alliance Program participants, including the
AAOHN and The Joint Commission/JCR.
- OSHA representatives, Peter Brown, Outreach Coordinator, Region III Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Area Office, USDOL-OSHA, gave a presentation about OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs and Donna Melnic,
Compliance Safety and Health Officer, Region III, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area Office,
USDOL-OSHA, gave a presentation about job hazards in healthcare at the AOHP – Central Pennsylvania
Chapter Meeting, March 23, 2007 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- AOHP joined with other Alliance Program participants in supporting and promoting the 2007 NAOSH
Week, May 6-12, 2007.
- During the AOHP Annual National Conference, September 26-29, 2007 in Savannah, Georgia, Sheila
Arbury, Health Scientist, Office of Occupational Health Nursing, Directorate of Science, Technology
and Medicine, USDOL-OSHA, presented a poster, "Use of Blunt-Tip Suture Needles to Decrease
Percutaneous Injuries to Surgical Personnel."
- AOHP representatives shared their expertise with OSHA and are serving on the editorial board of
OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Safety and Health Topics page.
AOHP representatives also worked with other health care industry related Alliance Program
participants to review of the draft Health Care module for OSHA's electronic assistance tool,
Compliance Assistance Quick Start. The module was added to OSHA's Web site in August 2007. Finally,
AOHP published information about the module in its October edition of the AOHP Quarterly
Electronic Newsletter and the Fall edition of the AOHP's Journal.
- Alliance Program Reach
| Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or
Trained |
| OSHA and AOHP Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site |
4,346 |
| AOHP and OSHA Alliance Web page on AOHP's Web site |
23,340 |
| OSHA's Blood Borne Pathogens and Needlestick
Prevention Safety and Health Topics page |
24,387 |
| OSHA's Hospital eTool |
38,913 |
| OSHA's Compliance Assistance Quick Start: Health
Care Industry |
12,745 |
March 23, 2007
AOHP – Central Pennsylvania Chapter Meeting
Wildwood Conference Center
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
125 |
Spring 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Journal |
1,100 |
April 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Quarterly eNewsletter |
1,100 |
April 24, 2007, "OSHA, American Society of Safety
Engineers Note Major Growth in May's North American Occupational Safety and Health Week Support"
Insurance Newsnet |
Data not available |
April 24, 2007, "OSHA, American Society of Safety
Engineers Note Major Growth in May's North American Occupational Safety and Health Week Support"
PR Newswire |
Data not available |
April, 24, 2007, "OSHA, American Society of Safety
Engineers Note Major Growth in May's North American Occupational Safety and Health Week Support"
Quote.com |
Data not available |
April, 24, 2007, "OSHA, American Society of Safety
Engineers Note Major Growth in May's North American Occupational Safety and Health Week Support"
Yahoo News |
Data not available |
Summer 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Journal |
1,100 |
July 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Quarterly eNewsletter |
1,100 |
Fall 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Journal |
1,100 |
September 26-29, 2007
AOHP Annual National Conference
Savannah Marriott Riverfront
Savannah, Georgia |
400 |
October 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Quarterly eNewsletter |
1,100 |
January 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Quarterly eNewsletter |
1,100 |
Winter 2007, "AOHP and OSHA Alliance Update"
AOHP's Journal |
1,100 |
| TOTAL |
104,256 |
IV. Upcoming Milestones
During the upcoming year, the OSHA and AOHP Alliance Implementation Team is planning a number of
activities to meet the goals of the Alliance and to protect employees' health and safety,
particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to patient-handling hazards, bloodborne diseases,
and emergency preparedness in healthcare facilities.
For example, AOHP will develop a reference guide, "Mass Seasonal Flu Immunization of Healthcare
Workers," to increase vaccinations among healthcare workers.
AOHP and OSHA will promote the Alliance Program through a number of speaking and exhibiting
opportunities including, the AOHP Annual Conference, September 17-20, 2008, in Denver, Colorado.
AOHP will also support and promote the 2008 NAOSH Week, May 4-10, 2008 and OSHA's 2008 Teen Summer
Job Safety Campaign.
Further, AOHP will continue to review and provide expertise on OSHA developed safety and health
documents, as requested.
In addition, OSHA and AOHP Alliance will continue its focus on patient-handling hazards in the
workplace by updating information on the AOHP and OSHA Alliance-related Web page and on the
organization's Web site as new information becomes available. Representatives from AOHP will also
provide their expertise to the Agency by serving on the editorial board for OSHA's Bloodborne
Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Safety and Health Topics page and will work with other Alliance
Program participants, including the AAOHN and The Joint Commission/JCR, to assist OSHA with its
update of the Agency's Hospital eTool.
Report prepared by: Sandra Khan, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances,
April 2, 2008.
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