If any of these sound familiar, you're not alone - and there's a better way.
Nurses and care aides experience aggression from patients daily, but most incidents are never documented because reporting takes too long. Without data, the problem stays invisible.
Needlestick and sharps injuries require immediate documentation and follow-up. Paper-based sharps logs are slow, incomplete and make trend analysis impossible.
Back injuries, shoulder strains and other MSDs from lifting and repositioning patients are the leading cause of lost time in healthcare. Risk assessments are inconsistent across units.
24/7 operations across days, evenings and nights mean safety information gets lost at handoff. Training records, safety talks and incident follow-ups fall through the cracks between shifts.
Six modules built for the realities of healthcare and long-term care - not construction sites or factories.
Report workplace violence, sharps injuries, slips and near-misses from the unit in under 60 seconds. Supervisors and OH&S get instant notifications for rapid response.
Run shift-start safety talks on violence prevention, infection control, patient handling and seasonal hazards. Capture digital attendance across all shifts and units.
Run fire safety walkthroughs, medication room checks, patient handling equipment inspections and environmental rounds with customizable checklists and photo evidence.
Track injuries from first aid through return-to-work. Manage modified duties for MSD injuries, medical clearances and workers compensation claim timelines.
Store WHMIS training records, N95 fit-test certificates, violence risk assessments and SOPs with automatic expiry alerts. Accreditation-ready at all times.
Auto-generate presentation-ready safety reports by unit, facility, or organization-wide. Track workplace violence trends, MSD rates and leading indicators month over month.
healthcare workers are injured at nearly twice the rate of other industries
Source: BLS / OSHA Healthcare Worker Safety Dataaverage cost per healthcare worker lost-time injury (direct + indirect)
Source: NSC Injury Facts / Industry actuarial dataof workplace assaults occur in healthcare - more than any other industry
Source: OSHA Workplace Violence in Healthcarereduction in recordable incidents within 12 months of going digital
Source: NSC / Industry benchmarks“"Our care aides used to skip reporting aggressive incidents because the paper forms took 20 minutes. With Make Safety Easy, they report from their phone in under a minute. Our workplace violence data went from 3 reports a month to 25 - now we can actually see the problem and fix it."
- OH&S Coordinator, Long-Term Care Facility, BC
The best healthcare safety software tracks workplace violence incidents, sharps and needlestick injuries, patient handling injuries and slip/fall hazards from a single mobile app. Make Safety Easy is built for healthcare environments where nurses and care aides need to file reports quickly between patient interactions without adding to their administrative burden.
Top healthcare workplace hazards include workplace violence from patients and visitors, musculoskeletal injuries from patient lifting and repositioning, needlestick and sharps injuries, slips and falls on wet floors and exposure to infectious diseases and hazardous drugs. Healthcare workers experience injury rates nearly double the national average, with long-term care facilities among the highest-risk settings.
Key regulations include OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard (1910.1030), the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, OSHA's General Duty Clause for workplace violence prevention and state-specific workplace violence prevention laws. In Canada, provincial OHS regulations apply, along with CSA Z8000 (Canadian Health Care Facility Planning and Design) and WorkSafeBC's specific healthcare safety requirements.
Healthcare facilities that implement digital safety management typically see 20-35% fewer recordable incidents within 12 months. Key strategies include real-time workplace violence reporting, consistent safety huddles with documented attendance, proactive hazard identification during unit walkthroughs and tracking patient handling risk assessments to prevent musculoskeletal injuries.