@article{ref1,
title="The rise and fall of the Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in British Columbia, Canada",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2019",
author="Camus, Susann",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This paper describes why the Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in British Columbia (BC) was created in 1998, factors contributing to its closure in 2010, and its contributions to healthcare occupational health and safety (OHS). <br><br>METHODS: This study applies an inductive approach consisting of 16 in-depth, confidential, semi-structured interviews with key informants, supplemented by a quantitative analysis of WorkSafeBC reports on injury and claim rates before, during, and following OHSAH's closure. <br><br>RESULTS: Injuries and claims declined during OHSAH's early years and increased by 59 percent following OHSAH's closure. Multiple factors contributed to the closure. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is value to reconstituting a new healthcare OHS agency.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000001722",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001722"
}