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This concept focuses not only on preventing harm, but also, on creating conditions that support safe work every day.
What is Safety Culture?
The formal document that lists the chemical hazards, safety precautions, and emergency procedures associated with products used in the facility.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
Not a baseball play, but a common workplace phrase meaning to connect or check in with someone.
What is Touch Base?
Each spring the Staff Safety portfolio conducts an organization wide survey to measure safety culture and receive feedback to inform future planning and prioritization of work.
In 25/26 2,918 staff responded to the survey. Of those, how many came from unionized positions? 23%, 49%, 76%, 91%.
What is 91%?
This type of safety isn't about hard hats or PPE—it's about creating an environment where everyone feels safe to speak up.
What is Psychological Safety?
According to OHS Legislation, all workers have these three rights.
*Teams must correctly identify all three rights to earn points. Partial answers do not receive points.
What is the Right to Know? What is the Right Participate? What is the right to Refuse?
While it may refer to a sewing tool in motion, this expression is commonly used to describe making progress.
What is Moving the Needle?
One of the benefits of following the SAFE cycle is whenever you identify a staff safety hazard, gap, or improvement opportunity it helps to ensure we close the loop with staff on safety items which helps to build a healthy safety culture in our departments.
In the 25/26 staff safety survey, what percentage of staff reported being satisfied with their department's staff safety culture? 13 %, 26%, 46%, 79%.
What is 46%?
Everyone is responsible for this in the workplace.
What is Safety?
The single most effective evidence-based method to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases in a healthcare setting.
What is Hand Hygiene?
Though it may evoke images of moving in a loop, this workplace expression means to revisit a discussion or issue at a later time.
What is Circle Back?
This year the staff safety portfolio is super excited to be launching the new MySafetyReporting web based reporting system province wide! Staff safety will provide all leaders with information and resources to help transition staff to the new system. Stay tuned for more information about launch times and processes in your area!
In the 25/26 survey, what percentage of respondents felt confident reporting staff safety concerns and/or ideas? 35%, 56%, 68%, 76%.
What is 76%?
**DOUBLE THE POINTS**
SHA's commitment to listening to Indigenous patients, families, communities, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers helps advance culturally responsive care and this ongoing process.
What is Reconciliation?
These are the three types of reports employees can submit to help identify hazards, prevent injuries, and improve workplace safety.
What is Good Catch. What is Near Miss. What is Staff Safety Incident?
When a project takes an unexpected turn, this word allows teams to sound like they planned it all along.
What is Pivoting?
Following COVID, the most senior levels of SHA leadership recognized gaps in the way our organization approaches staff safety management and expressed the desire to advance staff safety within the organization. It was this desire that SAFE was born out of!
In the 25/26 survey, what percentage of respondents were satisfied with how the SHA responds to staff safety concerns, incidents, and improvement ideas? 29%, 52%, 66%, 74%.
What is 29%?
THIS is evidence of why we need to take a new approach to staff safety management within our organization, and with the spread of SAFE over the 26/27 and 27/28 fiscal years, it is our goal to see these numbers improve!
This leadership practice involves regularly visiting work areas to discuss safety concerns directly with staff.
What is a Safety Gemba Walk?
This process should occur before a new piece of equipment, procedure, or workspace is introduced.
What is a Risk Assessment?
Often found beside peanut butter, this “jam” creates a different kind of workplace emergency—one where the suspect disappears, the printer suffers, and the admin team gets called in as the rescue crew.
What is Paper Jam?
One of the key concepts in SAFE is using leadership behaviours and practices to help engage staff in safety management so they can feel confident that their safety is a priority.
What percentage of respondents in the 25/26 survey felt that their leader makes staff safety a priority? 30%, 53%, 68%, 84%.
What is 53%?
After learning about the SAFE Foundations, the SAFE Approach, and the SAFE Cycle, you were introduced to the four SAFE Solutions. Name all four.
What is SAFE Improvement Dashboard? What is SAFE in your Visual Management? What is SAFE in your Huddles? What is SAFE in your Practices?