Conference 2005 : Phase : UMass Lowell

Conference Description
The conference "Worker Health and Safety in Healthcare: Learning from the Past, Best Practices for the Future" included panel presentations on best practices in health and safety programs and on workplace ergonomics. Study results from the Promoting Health and Safe Employment (PHASE) in Healthcare research projects were presented. There was a choice of interactive breakout sessions on topics including violence in the workplace, returning to work after injury, workplace diversity, best practices for health and safety in both acute and chronic care settings, preventing needlestick injury, occupational asthma and stress.

Schedule

Panel: PHASE study results and best practices in health and safety programs

Craig Slatin, UMass Lowell

Carolyn J. Murray, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Medical Center

Carol Bates, OSHA

Jamie Tessler, UMass Lowell, Moderator

Panel: Best practices in workplace ergonomics

Laura Punnett, UMass Lowell

Tucker O'Day, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lori Peasley, UMass Memorial Medical Center

Alexandra Powitz, Connecticut Healthcare Worker's Compensation Trust

Kathy Flannery, Mass DOL, Moderator

Breakout Sessions

Session A:	OSHA compliance program for long-term care facilities Carol Bates, OSHA Phyllis Tedesco, ESR, Moderator
Session B:	Preventing re-injury following return to work Donna LaBombard, Genesis Health Care Corporation Lori R. Adams, Liberty Mutual Monica Galizzi, UMass Lowell, Moderator
Session C:	Workplace violence prevention Timothy Teehan, Providence Behavioral Health MNA Task Force on violence LeeAnn Hoff, UMass Lowell, Moderator
Session D:	Needlestick injury prevention Angela Laramie, MDPH Karen White, Worcester Medical Center Stephanie Chalupka, UMass Lowell, Moderator
Session E:	Diversity support for employees Lori Todd, Loomis House Catherine C. Ziehl, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Division of the Office of the Attorney General Eduardo Siqueira, UMass Lowell, Moderator
Session F:	Work related stress Nick Warren, University of Connecticut Nicole Champagne, UMass Lowell, Moderator
Session G:	Occupational asthma Tom Fuller, Boston Medical Center Susan Roll, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Bill Ravanesi, Health Care Without Harm, Moderator

2005 Conference