On April 2, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its 1996 and 2004 guidelines for protecting healthcare and social service workers from workplace violence. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 70 percent of the 23,000 significant injuries due to assault at work occurred in the healthcare and social service industries. The revised guidelines seek to reduce that number by identifying the best ways to reduce the risk of violence for workers in a variety of healthcare and social service settings, including hospitals, residential treatment facilities, neighborhood clinics, group homes, and patients’ homes.
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