AOHP Executive Board Accomplishments 2017
Association Business
- Adopted new mission and vision statements, recognizing the values and philosophy of the membership, to clarify the organization’s intended direction and provide a roadmap for the future
- Developed the 2018-2020 AOHP Strategic Plan, analogous to SMART goals, to be meaningful and manageable in continuing to move the organization forward
- Moved the membership expiry date to the last day of February
- Completed the Staffing Benchmarking Survey and shared results with members
- Launched AOHP Insights, a new resource platform providing a wide range of occupational health resources to enhance member knowledge at every level of practice
- Analyzed and compiled results for the EXPO-S.T.O.P. 2015 and 2016 Survey
- Revised content in the 2016 Getting Started Manual
- Sent a representative to the NFID Healthcare Personnel Immunization Summit
- Signed a Memorandum of Agreement designating AOHP a NIOSH Total Worker Health® Affiliate.
- Provided public comments to OSHA regarding Workplace Violence
- Drafted a Position Statement on Workplace Violence
- Released the 2017-2019 Public Policy Statement
Chapter Support
- Collaborated with chapter leadership to maintain bylaw and leadership compliance
- Cultivated high attendance for Chapter President quarterly conference calls
- Offered Chapter Leadership Incentives to encourage chapter officers to attend the AOHP conference
Research Initiatives
- Collected AOHP signature EXPO-S.T.O.P. survey data for year 2016
Collaboration
- Joined an OSHA workgroup, with Friends of NIOSH and TJC, to develop and enforce a Safe Patient Handling Standard
- Collaborated with NTCA in organizing a workgroup to develop recommendations for TB risk-based screening and prevention efforts
- Renewed the Memorandum of Understanding with NIOSH
- Participated on the TJC/CDC/NIOSH Technical Expert Panel to prepare a monograph on effective respiratory protection programs in hospitals
- Participated in CDC/NIOSH quarterly meetings
- Signed the Friends of NIOSH letter in support of funding Education and Research Centers
- Provided continued support, since 2008, for the Cardiometabolic Health Congress Association
- Represented AOHP at the SEAK Workers’ Compensation Conference
- Served as a partner/sponsor of NIOSH N95 Day 2017
- Promoted the inaugural Safe + Sound Week
- Supported the Impact of Patient Safety Climate on Infection Prevention Practices and Healthcare Worker and Patient Outcomes Study
- Represented AOHP on the American Nurses Association Sharps Injury Prevention Stakeholder Group
- Participated in the TJC Department of Health Services Research Project, supported through a contract with the CDC, NIOSH, NPPTL, on Hospital Respiratory Protection Resources and Practices