Reporting Injuries
True or false. Workplace hazards can be reported to your manager, your supervisor, or the Compliance Hotline.
What is true?
Anytime you have questions about a work-related injury, you should contact this department.
What is Employee Health?
Call x2120
True or false. You just had some blood splash into your eyes at work. The first thing you do is go to Employee Health or ED (if EHS is closed).
What is false?
First thing to do with bodily fluid splash to the eyes is to irrigate the eyes for 15 minutes at the closest eye wash.
True or false. An employee with new COVID-like symptoms who tested negative for COVID can remain at work, no restrictions.
What is false?
Should be treated like any other respiratory illness. They should go home if they are feeling sick, return once improving and no fever, and wear mask at work for 10 days after start of their symptoms.
The actions of typing on a keyboard, filing, cleaning and processing scopes can be described as this type of motion.
What is repetitive motion?
Employees should not fear this when reporting work injuries or safety concerns. Safety should always be a first priority.
What is retaliation?
This level of injury requires just one-time treatment and maybe one follow-up visit. It does not require work restrictions or prescription medications.
What are first aid level injuries?
Applying Pressure, cleaning, and applying covering are the first actions you should take with this type of injury?
What is a new wound?
An employee who tested COVID+ may return to work after how many days from the date of symptom onset?
What is 3 days?
COVID+ staff may return to work after 3 days, as long as their symptoms are improving and they are fever-free for at least 24 hours.
You should do this every 30 minutes for 30 seconds.
What is stretch?
True or false. You tripped and twisted your ankle at home. You're now having difficulty walking around at work. You should stop by Employee Health.
What is false?
EHS does not treat non-work-related illnesses or injuries, nor does it do routine health maintenance appointments.
True or false. Employees will get a work note for first aid level injuries.
Contaminants on the floor, irregularities on walking surfaces, or carrying a load--are some of the hazards that can lead to this type of injury.
What are slips, trips, and falls injuries?
An employee exposed to this, should follow the “Guidelines for SARS-COV-2 Exposed HCWs to Continue to work on Campus”.
What is exposure to COVID+ persons?
When at a workstation, this item should be at eye level and within arm's reach.
What is the computer monitor?
This type of email is sent to managers for any work injuries seen in Employee Health.
What is SFR (Supervisor's First Report) email?
True or false. The manager together with the injured employee will decide whether the injury is first aid level or not.
What is false?
The Employee Health nurse will determine if the injury is first aid level. Referral will be made to Occ Med if injury is beyond first aid level.
These symptoms may be the result of this type of injury: new headache, vision changes, slurred speech, balance problems, vomiting, feeling less alert or unclear thinking.
What is head trauma?
An employee exposed to COVID should monitor for symptoms and wear an N95 mask for this many days after their exposure.
What is 10 days?
Slips trips and falls, RSI (repetitive strain injuries), and patient handling are the top three of this.
What are the 3 most common causes of injuries in RWC and San Mateo?
You provide this form only to employees with a work illness/injury or those with undetermined injury event types.
What is the DWC-1 form?
This department issues work notes or Work Activity Status Notes (WASF) for work injuries that are beyond first aid level.
What is Occupational Medicine?
You just had a needlestick from a used needle. You are seeing the Employee Health nurse. You provide information on the source patient as well as this other information.
What is information on the needle?
Specifically manufacture and model information of the sharp device involved.
True or false. An employee who has COVID-like symptoms but tests negative with the antigen test, should then be re-tested with PCR test to confirm if they are truly negative for COVID.
What is false?
One negative antigen or PCR test is needed to confirm negative for COVID. If COVID negative, treat it like any other respiratory illness.
For staff involved in direct patient care, they are supposed to take this class annually or whenever there is a change of policy or device usage related to performing this task.
What is the safe patient handling class?