CEO Health & Safety Leadership Charter

Success Stories

February 2009

CONNECTING WORKER SAFETY TO PATIENT SAFETY: A NEW IMPERATIVE FOR HEALTH-CARE LEADERS
By Joseline Sikorski, President and CEO, Ontario Safety Association for Community and Healthcare (OSACH)

Below is an excerpt from Ms. Sikorski's article which is featured in the January/February 2009 issue of the Ivey Business Journal.

"The health care sector must make a fundamental shift to equate worker safety with patient safety. It must also make this shift a strategic priority if it is to deliver exemplary patient care and ensure the health and safety of workers, patients and the public. Failure to do so puts the sector at risk and makes it vulnerable to crises. The author of this article makes the vital connection between worker and patient safety and recommends a strategic, systemic approach."