It’s one of the questions on the 2013 People First Survey, which began earlier this month. But what does safety look like for those working in non-clinical areas?
What does safety look like for you?
In healthcare, we mostly talk about patient safety in the context of patient care, but it’s actually much broader. Here are some things we can all consider in answering this important question:
- I sometimes work alone or in isolation
- My office has been broken into
- There is a hand sanitizer dipenser on my floor
- I don’t know how to set up my work station properly
- I have come across an agitated person and wasn’t sure what to do
- My office just held a drill for an emergency event
- I don’t know what VCH’s policy is on scented products
- I’ve wondered why hand hygiene’s so important because I don’t provide care for patients
- I’ve lifted something heavy at work and regretted it later
- I’m not sure if my office has an emergency plan in case of a disaster
- I need to swipe a card to get into my office
- I don’t know how to report a concern with air quality
Whether you’re on the front lines or away from the patients and in an office, safety is an important issue for all of us.
And additionally, feeling safer in your workplace is connected to you feeling engaged at work.
One of more-than-15,000 hand sanitizers around VCH. Good hand hygiene keeps staff and patients safe from harmful bacteria
Your opinion counts!
If you want your voice to be heard, whether it’s around safety or other issues, you can complete the VCH 2013 People First Survey here if you have your confidential code. Or fill out the survey on form that was sent to you last week.
All VCH full-time, temporary and part time staff and physicians are being surveyed. If you have not received an email or your personally addressed envelope from Gallup, please ask your supervisor.
If you have any questions about the survey, contact VCH Employee Engagement.
Survey problems?
Staff being surveyed can contact Gallup Client Support directly if there are problems completing the survey:
Q12help@gallup.com or by phone at 1-800-788-9987. (Support is available 24 hours a day from4:00pm Sunday through 3:00 pm Friday, Pacific time.)