PUBLIC SERVICES HEALTH & SAFETY ASSOCIATION (PSHSA)

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1 PUBLIC SERVICES HEALTH & SAFETY ASSOCIATION (PSHSA) COMMUNITY AND HEALTHCARE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m Location: 15 th Floor Boardroom, PSHSA, 4950 Yonge Street, Toronto MEETING MINUTES Attendees: Webinar: Regrets: Guests: PSHSA Staff: Recorder: Mary Barber Ray Copes Leon Genesove Linn Holness Ron Saunders Janet Ashfield David Borwick Erna Bujna Liliana Catapano Lisa McCaskell Adam Nagler Eugene Versteeg Andrea Baumann Nick Dzudz Nelson Ribeiro Bert Wierenga Daniela Kempkens (Working with Ray Copes) Henrietta Van hulle Susasn Fuciarelli Kim Slade-Traynor Lorraine Feliciano Hasan Makansi Gloria Garcia WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA Agenda approved

2 o L. Genesove will be leaving at 11:30 REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MAY 6, 2014 MINUTES Minutes accepted o Will change Thursday to Tuesday of last meeting date Action Items reviewed: o L. Holness will share the JHSC Audit Tool with Healthcare AC members when it is finalized Sent out to members previous to current meeting, feedback included: Written recommendations are not always done, many members do not know how to write or read recommendations either Helpful to know if worker members were coming to meetings prepared, and if they were able to attend Action Item: Westpark Health and Safety committee would be interested in participating in a trial of the JHSC Audit tool, L. Holness will connect with L. Catapano o Healthcare Advisory Council members to forward feedback to H. Van hulle on Subsector Groups a d Se o dary Seg e tatio ategories eeded i PSHSA s Market Segmentation Action Item: Advisory Council members will provide feedback on gaps identified i PSHSA s arket seg e tatio (su se tor groups a d se o dary seg e tatio categories) and forward suggestions to H. Van hulle after this meeting o Gloria to forward invite for Overview of Healthcare Sector Plan webinar to be held on June 25, to AC members completed CONFIRMATION OF MEMBERSHIP Memberships will be confirmed via with each member NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR Action Item: L. Catapano and H. Van hulle will discuss possibility of becoming Chair for the Council E-LEARNING; SUCCESS STORIES - PPE & ASBESTOS AWARENESS Was not reviewed REVIEW HAZARDS FOR CERT PART 2 (BRIEF OVERVIEW) K. Slade-Traynor presented (power point slides provided) 2 P a g e

3 Topics raised for discussion included: o K. Slade-Tray or s e ail is [email protected] o Certification Part 2 hazards and survey that will be sent out by PSHSA to all Advisory Council members FATIGUE SCIENCE RESEARCH (SHARE AND FEEDBACK) K. Slade-Traynor presented (power point slides provided) Topics raised for discussion included: o K. Slade-Tray or s e ail is [email protected] o Fatigue Science, risk analysis of shift workers Group of volunteer shift workers that will assessed (Fire Fighters) Next steps, after completion of project Action Item: Similar studies completed will be sent out by K. Slade-Traynor o Looking for volunteers to do a short survey about storing materials PSHSA WEBSITE REDESIGN (FACILITATED EXERCISE) L. Feliciano facilitated Members were divided into groups to provide feedback on what key items would be ideal to have on the PSHSA homepage AFFILIATES PROGRAM (OVERVIEW) H. Van hulle and H. Makansi presented (power point slides provided) o can be accessed for further information ROUNDTABLE L. Genesove provided update, items included: o Held annual Safe at Work Ontario process to develop sector plans which are published on the MoL website in July to outline enforcement and compliance initiatives Consultation process began in January Open public consultations held in Toronto and other locations, sector based Safe Work Ontario Consultations, Healthcare Sessions, Small Business, Vulnerable workers Healthcare inspectors will look at IRS, and five most serious occupational hazards Workplace Violence 2nd year initiative starting in July Visiting all the hospitals within next 3 years Comments to Safe Work Ontario will be received until March o Initiatives Ebola virus prevention Revised directive for Acute Care facilities was released 3 P a g e

4 Workplace Violence preparedness and prevention Discussion around what each organization can do to prepare was held PSHSA will forward link to webinar done on Workplace Violence o Guidance Note from JHSC has been posted on MoL website A. Nagler, no updates at this time E. Bujna o ONA s oard ade iole e # priority for 5, to address issues a d o er s to protect members o Best Practices Committee project E. Versteeg o Pilot in southern Ontario around support for health and safety in group home settings o Work with Ministry of Community and Social Services in the sector around E-learning opportunities J. Ashfield, first meeting, no updates at this time L. Catapano, no updates at this time L. McCaskell o Working with other healthcare unions to address concerns with Workplace Violence in mental health facilities M. Barber, first meeting o From long term care perspective, residents behaviours are one of the biggest issues with Workplace Health and Safety D. Kempkens o Appreciated diversity of organizations around the table o Interested in Affiliate program R. Copes o Lots of work with Ebola o New President, Dr. Peter Donnelly, would like to persuade him to adapt work on Gang Violence towards Workplace violence R. Saunders o Research projects, partnering with PSHSA Leading Indicators Project Organizational Performance Metrics (OPM) and benchmarking reports E-Learning for Office Ergonomics Will be rolled out in the future Started with work done with CAMH EPIC Evaluating the implementation of EPIC at different sites, analysis in the late stages Working to streamline the process L. Holness o In the field with screen project with Acute Care hospitals regarding skin disease o Pulling key system partners together to review resources available around skin disease Developing e-learning module with PSHSA H. Van hulle o Working with OASIS and Ministry of Community and Social Services Community Care Tutorials (eight hazards shorts), to be adapted to 5 top priority hazards faced by development services agencies Developing E-learning module for front line supervisors at group home level 4 P a g e

5 o Working with Public Health Ontario on Ebola Checklist are live and will be sent out by Gloria Training for tier 1 hospitals to be provided by the emergency management branch o Board E-Learning Program To assist board members understand their accountability and liability from a health and safety perspective Action Item: Westpark may be interested to trial Board E-Learning Program when it is ready, H. Van hulle to forward further information to L. Catapano o Workplace Violence Project Investing over half a million, with financial support from Prevention branch of the ministry, on development of Toolkit 5 working groups and stakeholders across the sector are pulling together tools and resources to create components of the toolkit PSHSA working in the background: o Board governance o Senior Management commitment o Participatory approach (front line workers) OHA Conference on March 27 related to WPV o Waiting for approval on ROP submissions and innovations projects, advisory council members will be updated at the next meeting ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. SUMMARY OF ACTION ITEMS Westpark Health and Safety committee would be interested in participating in a trial of the JHSC Audit tool, L. Holness will connect with L. Catapano Ad isory Cou il e ers ill pro ide feed a k o gaps ide tified i PSHSA s arket segmentation (subsector groups and secondary segmentation categories) and forward suggestions to H. Van hulle after this meeting L. Catapano and H. Van hulle will discuss possibility of becoming Chair for the Council in process, L. Catapano to confirm once discussed with manager Westpark may be interested to trial Board E-Learning Program when it is ready, H. Van hulle to forward further information to L. Catapano - completed 5 P a g e