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The Safe Patient Handling Steering Committee makes no representations or warranties as to the quality, content, nature, or reliability of the information contained in this website, including but not limited to its currency, accuracy, or completeness. You expressly agree that use of this site, including all content or date distributed by, downloaded, or accessed from or through this site, is at your own risk.
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Establish your Safe Patient Handling Committee before February 2007
• Recruit participants (Committee should be 50% direct care staff)
• Elect committee chair and co-chair
• Develop meeting schedule and protocols
Who should be on the Committee?
Patient Care Staff
Senior Management
Safety Representative
Human Resources
Employee Health
Facilities
Maintenance
Housekeeping
See below for helpful information from hospitals who have recurited safe patient handling committee members.
Resources and Tools:
Providence St. Peter Hospital has developed a short pamphlet that was used to recruit members to the Safe Committee and Safe Patient Handling Sub-Committee. Join Your Employee Safety & Health Committee has been very effective in recruiting new members from a variety of backgrounds to the committee. They have created a set of criteria for the safety representatives at their hospital. The Safety Coordinator Responsibilities provides a set of goals, general responsibilities and policies for members of the committee. A variation of these documents can be used at your hospital to recruit appropriate members to your hospital's Safe Patient Handling Committee. Please contact Dan.Donahue@providence.org for more information.
Swedish Medical Center developed a Safe Patient Handling Committee Representative Information sheet to announce what the goals of the committee will be and the role members will play in carrying out the provisions of the law.
Go to Step 2: Train the Safe Patient Handling Committee
For questions or comments about this site please contact
Washington's Safe Patient Handling Steering Committee at
sph@washingtonsafepatienthandling.com
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