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Healthcare Worker Research

Lisa Pompeii, PhD, FAAOHN, Associate Professor at UTHealth, leads impactful research on workplace violence, respiratory protection, and occupational asthma among healthcare workers. With an extensive background in healthcare research, Dr. Pompeii's projects include the "Hospital Violence Surveillance Study," examining prevalence, risk factors, and reporting patterns of violence in hospitals. She is also involved in grants addressing workplace violence in outpatient clinics, patient care quality, and the impact of long work hours on health outcomes. Dr. Pompeii collaborates with other experts like George Delclos, MD, PhD, and David Gimeno, PhD on respiratory protection and occupational asthma studies. Additionally, she offers free training programs for healthcare professionals focusing on respiratory protection and safe patient handling practices. Hospitals are invited to participate in research studies evaluating the effectiveness of these training programs.

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Healthcare Worker Research

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  1. Healthcare Worker Research Lisa Pompeii, PhD, FAAOHN Associate Professor School of Public Health

  2. Research and Training Healthcare Workers • Workplace Violence • Occupational Asthma • Respiratory Protection • Musculoskeletal Injury

  3. Workplace Violence “Hospital Violence Surveillance Study” (R01: NIOSH) • Patient/Visitor perpetrated violence • 6 Hospitals, 11,000 healthcare workers • 3 Texas/3 North Carolina • Examined prevalence of violence types, risk factors • Reporting patterns by workers • Utility of standard reporting systems for capturing the events

  4. Workplace Violence Grants (in development) “Workplace Violence in Outpatient Physician Clinics” • Grant Submission: June 3, 2016 (R01: NIOSH) • All violence types • 2 Clinic Systems/182 Clinics in Houston Metropolitan Area “Workplace Violence in Healthcare and the Quality of Patient Care” • Grant Submission: October 3, 2016 (R01: NINR/AHRQ) • All violence types • State-wide survey (Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania) • Inviting TMC Hospitals and Schools of Medicine faculty to participate • Physicians, nurses, certified nurses’ aides

  5. Long Work Hours and Adverse Health Outcomes “Validation of the Threshold of Long Work Hours and Adverse Health Outcomes” (in review, R03: NIOSH) • Reported a dose-response relationship between work-hours and cardiovascular disease. Sadie Conway, PhD

  6. Long Work Hours & Shiftwork in Healthcare • Inviting TMC hospitals to participate • What’s Needed… • Existing hospital employee and health data (de-identified) • Human Resources data of worker demographics and work hour measures • Health insurance claims data

  7. Example of how hospitals have linked employee data for occupational health research Duke Health and Safety Surveillance System (DHSSS) First Report of Injury Workers’ Compensation OSHA Log Worksite Health & Wellness Programs Occupational Exposures (JEM) Human Resources Data (linked by unique worker ID) Safety Reporting System Surgical Procedures Pharmacy Claims Medical Claims Mental Health Claims Blood & Body Fluid Exposures (NaSH) Duke Health Insurance Plan

  8. Occupational Asthma • “Occupational Asthma Risk in Texas Healthcare Workers” Co-PIs: Delclos & Gimeno (R01: NIOSH) • Physicians • Nurses • Physical Therapists • Nurses’ Aides George Delclos, MD, PhD David Gimeno, PhD

  9. Free Respiratory Protection Training (NIOSH/AAOHN) www.aaohn.org • Training for Occupational Health Professionals that serve as their organization’s Respiratory Protection Program Administrator (3 CNEs) • Training for Frontline Healthcare Workers (1 CNE) • Inviting TMC Hospitals to participate in a study to evaluate the effectiveness of this training with respect to the adoption of safe respiratory protection practices by frontline workers

  10. Safe Patient Handling Training/Research • Training: Adoption of Safe Patient Handling Practices • Based in Lean Six Sigma Methodology • Front line workers develop work-unit level processes based on their patient demographics, work environment, and availability of resources • Converting to online training (In person: 2.5 day training) • Inviting TMC Hospitals to participate in a study to evaluate the effectiveness of this training.

  11. Thank YouLisa Pompeii, PhD, FAAOHNAssociate ProfessorUTHealth, School of Public Healthlisa.pompeii@uth.tmc.edu713-500-9474

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