In Thompson's Health Care Expert's special report, "Patients, Visitors Benefit When Safety Professionals Move Past the ‘Administrative Controls'," healthcare safety professionals are urged to look beyond worker-focused efforts — such as worker training and protective equipment — to design solutions that create a safer environment for everyone, including patients and visitors.
"We expect workers to be infallible and not get hurt because we wrote a procedure or held a training class, but we hardly ever look to better design to reduce risk," said Michael Behm, an associate professor in the occupational safety program at East Carolina University.
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