Arizona VA Medical Center Cited for Failing to Protect Health Care Workers From Violence

Published on July 9, 2024

Federal investigators have determined, for the second time, that a VA Medical Center in the Northern Arizona VA Health System has failed to adequately protect its employees from patient-inflicted violence. According to a July 2 press release from the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a fresh investigation was launched after a complaint last December about a resident who was “aggressive and violent” at the Bob Stump VA Medical Center in Prescott. Investigators say the medical center exposed nurses, nursing assistants and housekeeping staff to patient violence and failed to protect health care workers from residents who kicked, bit, struck, punched, slapped and sexually harassed them. Accompanying the report findings, OSHA says it had already cited that center in 2019 for similar violations....

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