Requirements for procedures included in plan relating to response and investigation of incidents of workplace violence. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

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The procedures for responding to and investigating incidents of workplace violence included in the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 618.7312 must include, without limitation, procedures to:

1. Maintain and use alarms or other communications systems to allow employees and other providers of care to seek immediate assistance during an incident of workplace violence;

2. Ensure an effective response to each incident of workplace violence, including, without limitation, by ensuring that members of the staff of the medical facility are trained to address such incidents and designated to be available to immediately assist in the response to such an incident without interrupting patient care;

3. Provide timely medical care or first aid to employees or other providers of care who have been injured in an incident of workplace violence;

4. Identify each employee or other provider of care involved in an incident of workplace violence;

5. Offer counseling to each employee and other provider of care affected by an incident of workplace violence;

6. Offer the opportunity for each employee and other provider of care, including, without limitation, supervisors and security guards, involved in an incident of workplace violence to debrief as soon as possible after the incident at a time and place that is convenient for the employee or other provider of care;

7. Review any patient-specific risk factors and any measures specified to reduce those factors;

8. Review the implementation and effectiveness of corrective measures taken under the plan; and

9. Solicit the feedback of each employee or other provider of care involved in an incident of workplace violence concerning the precipitating factors of the incident and any measures that may have assisted in preventing the incident.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3674, effective July 1, 2020)


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