@article{ref1,
title="Hospital workers bypass traditional occupational injury reporting systems when reporting patient and visitor perpetrated (type II) violence",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2016",
author="Pompeii, Lisa A. and Schoenfisch, Ashley and Lipscomb, Hester J. and Dement, John M. and Smith, Claudia D. and Conway, Sadie H.",
volume="59",
number="10",
pages="853-865",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Under-reporting of type II (patient/visitor-on-worker) violence by workers has been attributed to a lack of essential event details needed to inform prevention strategies. <br><br>METHODS: Mixed methods including surveys and focus groups were used to examine patterns of reporting type II violent events among ∼11,000 workers at six U.S. hospitals. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 2,098 workers who experienced a type II violent event, 75% indicated they reported. Reporting patterns were disparate including reports to managers, co-workers, security, and patients' medical records-with only 9% reporting into occupational injury/safety reporting systems. Workers were unclear about when and where to report, and relied on their own &quot;threshold&quot; of when to report based on event circumstances. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our findings contradict prior findings that workers significantly under-report violent events. Coordinated surveillance efforts across departments are needed to capture workers' reports, including the use of a designated violence reporting system that is supported by reporting policies. Am. J. Ind. Med. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<br><br>© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.22629",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22629"
}