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The silent safety epidemic

In public discussion, workplace violence often receives top billing as a hospital situation that is preventable?or at least should be preventable. Regulatory bodies and accreditation agencies treat it similarly, having made workplace violence a (justifiable) focus in recent years. But incidents of workplace violence pale in comparison to the larger sphere of on-the-job injuries, which, while usually far more mundane, are also much more common.

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