As the employer of health care professionals, it is crucial that you take the safety of your employees seriously. Home health care workers share most of the same risks as health care workers based in other settings so making sure they’re well trained in the best methods possible to lessen these risks is important, both for the wellbeing of your personnel as well as to help you avoid any more claims on your home health care workers compensation.
One of the major risks faced by health care workers, as well as home health care workers are needle stick accidents which can lead to serious long-term health issues as well as the spread of blood-borne illnesses.
• Ensure staff members are all trained in the safe handling of needles and informed of the risks of needle stick injuries.
• Be certain that your staff have access to a safe container for the disposal of used needles and understand how to use them.
• Ensure workers always use needles in a well-lit spot to cut the risk of accidental needle stab injuries.
• Be sure that workers who may be at risk are immunized against hepatitis B.
Taking your workers’ health seriously can help you to maintain a healthy productive workforce and might even enable you to keep the cost of your home health care workers compensation premiums lower. Speak to one of our insurance agents for further details about workers’ compensation for home health care workers.





