Charlottetown, PEI (May 1, 2014) — Jessie Callaghan, Senior Technical Specialist at the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) will be sharing her occupational health and safety expertise at an upcoming conference held by the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of Prince Edward Island.
Event: WCB Workplace Health & Safety Conference
Location: Confederation Centre of the Arts, 145 Richmond St, Charlottetown, PE C1A 1J1
Presentation: Workplace Violence in Health Care Your Roadmap to Prevention
Speaker: Jessie Callaghan, Senior Technical Specialist, CCOHS
Date: Friday, May 9, 2014
Time: 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ADT
As a healthcare professional, there are many things to consider regarding workplace violence and its prevention. Jessie Callaghan, Senior Technical Specialist at CCOHS will share what organizations can do to ensure their workplace violence prevention program meets the specific needs of their workplace. Participants will learn what can be done to prevent workplace violence, how to report and respond to incidents, what training employees require, and how to support and follow up with those affected by workplace-related violence.
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For Further Information, Contact:
Jennifer Howse, Communications Officer
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4241 E-mail: jennifer.howse@ccohs.ca
www.ccohs.ca
About CCOHS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario is Canada's national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety. CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health and safety programs and the prevention of injury and illness. CCOHS partners and collaborates with agencies and organizations from Canada and around the world to improve the quality and quantity of resources and programs, as well as expand the breadth of usage of occupational health information to many different segments of society.
